AI copilot enhances human precision for safer aviation

Designed to ensure safer skies, “Air-Guardian” blends human intuition with machine precision, creating a more symbiotic relationship between pilot and aircraft.

Rachel Gordon | MIT CSAIL • mit
Oct. 3, 2023 ~5 min

Insomnia linked to increased risk for hypertension in women

New study highlights a correlation between women who sleep less than eight hours at night and developing a greater risk for hypertension or high blood pressure.

Kira Sampson • harvard
Oct. 2, 2023 ~4 min


Quantum repeaters use defects in diamond to interconnect quantum systems

This technology for storing and transmitting quantum information over lossy links could provide the foundation for scalable quantum networking.

Ariana Tantillo | MIT Lincoln Laboratory • mit
Sept. 27, 2023 ~12 min

Spyware can infect your phone or computer via the ads you see online – report

You probably won’t be targeted by spyware, but if you are, odds are you won’t know about it. The latest spyware slips in unseen through online ads as you go about your digital life.

Claire Seungeun Lee, Associate Professor of Criminology and Justice Studies, UMass Lowell • conversation
Sept. 22, 2023 ~7 min

Why humans can't trust AI: You don't know how it works, what it's going to do or whether it'll serve your interests

People can trust each other because they understand how the human mind works, can predict people’s behavior, and assume that most people have a moral sense. None of these things are true of AI.

Mark Bailey, Faculty Member and Chair, Cyber Intelligence and Data Science, National Intelligence University • conversation
Sept. 13, 2023 ~8 min

A system to keep cloud-based gamers in sync

By synchronizing media streams transmitted from the cloud to two devices, researchers could improve cloud gaming and AR/VR applications.

Adam Zewe | MIT News • mit
Aug. 31, 2023 ~8 min

Need cancer treatment advice? Forget ChatGPT

New research finds in about a third of the cases AI chatbot provided medically inappropriate recommendations for cancer treatment.

Harvard Gazette • harvard
Aug. 29, 2023 ~5 min

Field campaign assesses vulnerabilities of 5G networks

A Lincoln Laboratory team visited Hill Air Force Base in Utah to determine how susceptible the latest-generation mobile network is to detection, geolocation, and jamming.

Ariana Tantillo | MIT Lincoln Laboratory • mit
Aug. 7, 2023 ~11 min


Why big changes early in life can help later on

Study shows moving can help foster a more robust social network, by strengthening “long ties” with others.

Peter Dizikes | MIT News Office • mit
July 12, 2023 ~8 min

Biting flies are attracted to blue traps – we used AI to work out why

New research on what attracts blood-feasting flies to blue objects could help minimise the impacts of those insects on people and animals.

Roger Santer, Lecturer in Zoology, Aberystwyth University • conversation
July 4, 2023 ~6 min

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