Surface-based sonar system could rapidly map the ocean floor at high resolution

A small fleet of autonomous surface vessels forms a large sonar array for finding submerged objects.

Ariana Tantillo | MIT Lincoln Laboratory • mit
Dec. 18, 2024 ~10 min

Noninvasive imaging method can penetrate deeper into living tissue

Using high-powered lasers, this new method could help biologists study the body’s immune responses and develop new medicines.

Adam Zewe | MIT News • mit
Dec. 11, 2024 ~9 min


New AI tool generates realistic satellite images of future flooding

The method could help communities visualize and prepare for approaching storms.

Jennifer Chu | MIT News • mit
Nov. 25, 2024 ~8 min

Startup gives surgeons a real-time view of breast cancer during surgery

The drug-device combination developed by MIT spinout Lumicell is poised to reduce repeat surgeries and ensure more complete tumor removal.

Zach Winn | MIT News • mit
Nov. 6, 2024 ~7 min

AI could transform film visual effects. But first, the technology needs to address copyright debate

The technology holds huge potential for use in visual effects, but there are also risks for the industry.

Dominic Lees, Associate Professor in Filmmaking, University of Reading • conversation
Oct. 22, 2024 ~7 min

A new method makes high-resolution imaging more accessible

Labs that can’t afford expensive super-resolution microscopes could use a new expansion technique to image nanoscale structures inside cells.

Anne Trafton | MIT News • mit
Oct. 11, 2024 ~7 min

Ultra-powered MRI scans show damage to brain’s ‘control centre’ is behind long-lasting Covid-19 symptoms

Damage to the brainstem – the brain’s ‘control centre’ – is behind long-lasting physical and psychiatric effects of severe Covid-19 infection, a study suggests.

Cambridge University News • cambridge
Oct. 8, 2024 ~6 min

AI pareidolia: Can machines spot faces in inanimate objects?

New dataset of “illusory” faces reveals differences between human and algorithmic face detection, links to animal face recognition, and a formula predicting where people most often perceive faces.

Rachel Gordon | MIT CSAIL • mit
Sept. 30, 2024 ~8 min


Scientists have figured out how to ‘see’ through mice – could humans be next?

Seeing through mouse skin is one thing, disappearing humans is something else entirely.

Timothy Hearn, Senior Lecturer in Bioinformatics, Anglia Ruskin University • conversation
Sept. 27, 2024 ~6 min

A fast and flexible approach to help doctors annotate medical scans

“ScribblePrompt” is an interactive AI framework that can efficiently highlight anatomical structures across different medical scans, assisting medical workers to delineate regions of interest and abnormalities.

Alex Shipps | MIT CSAIL • mit
Sept. 9, 2024 ~8 min

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