AI that can learn the patterns of human language

On its own, a new machine-learning model discovers linguistic rules that often match up with those created by human experts.

Adam Zewe | MIT News Office • mit
Aug. 30, 2022 • ~10 min

These neurons have food on the brain

MIT scientists have discovered a population of neurons that light up whenever we see images of food.

Anne Trafton | MIT News Office • mit
Aug. 25, 2022 • ~8 min

Designing zeolites, porous materials made to trap molecules

MIT engineers are controlling pore openings for maximum molecule capture.

Nancy W. Stauffer | MIT Energy Initiative • mit
Aug. 24, 2022 • ~16 min

Dolphins use signature whistles to represent other dolphins – similarly to how humans use names

Using urine and signature whistles from other dolphins, a team of scientists has shown that dolphins use signature whistles like names and hold mental representations of other dolphins in their minds.

Jason Bruck, Assistant Professor of Biology, Stephen F. Austin State University • conversation
Aug. 23, 2022 • ~9 min

Language patterns reveal people’s true feelings about others

New research digs into how patterns in the language people use to describe their feelings can reveal what they really think about other groups of people.

U. Oregon • futurity
Aug. 22, 2022 • ~5 min

When was talking invented? A language scientist explains how this unique feature of human beings may have evolved

A language scientist explains that talking was never invented but has evolved over hundreds of thousands of years.

Richard Futrell, Associate Professor of Language Science, University of California, Irvine • conversation
Aug. 8, 2022 • ~6 min

Study finds Wikipedia influences judicial behavior

Using a randomized field experiment, researchers discover that Wikipedia articles affect judges’ legal reasoning.

Rachel Gordon | MIT CSAIL • mit
July 27, 2022 • ~8 min

Whether speaking Turkish or Norwegian, the brain’s language network looks the same

Studying speakers of 45 languages, neuroscientists found similar patterns of brain activation and language selectivity.

Anne Trafton | MIT News Office • mit
July 18, 2022 • ~8 min

Babies can learn language sounds in the first few hours of being born – new research

Babies who remain in silence hours after birth have different brains to those who listen to sounds.

Guillaume Thierry, Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience, Bangor University • conversation
July 18, 2022 • ~6 min

A programming language for hardware accelerators

Researchers created Exo for writing high-performance code on hardware accelerators.

Rachel Gordon | MIT CSAIL • mit
July 11, 2022 • ~8 min

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