Could electric brain stimulation lead to better maths skills?

A new study shows painless brain stimulation technique may improve people’s ability to learn maths skills.

Roi Cohen Kadosh, Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience, University of Surrey • conversation
July 1, 2025 ~7 min

Accelerating scientific discovery with AI

FutureHouse, co-founded by Sam Rodriques PhD ’19, has developed AI agents to automate key steps on the path toward scientific progress.

Zach Winn | MIT News • mit
June 30, 2025 ~8 min


Neuropathic pain has no immediate cause – research on a brain receptor may help stop this hard-to-treat condition

Chronic pain affects millions of people in the US. Targeting an oft-overlooked brain receptor could one day offer relief.

Siddhesh Sabnis, Ph.D. Student in Medical Sciences, Texas A&M University • conversation
June 23, 2025 ~7 min

Anxiety is the most common mental health problem – here’s how tech could help manage it

Devices that deliver mild, constant electrical current can alter our brain activity.

Christelle Langley, Postdoctoral Research Associate, Cognitive Neuroscience, University of Cambridge • conversation
June 11, 2025 ~7 min

How the brain solves complicated problems

Study shows humans flexibly deploy different reasoning strategies to tackle challenging mental tasks — offering insights for building machines that think more like us.

Anne Trafton | MIT News • mit
June 11, 2025 ~9 min

Binge drinking brake found in mouse brains, offering future path to treating alcohol abuse – new research

Current treatments for alcohol abuse are limited in their effectiveness and come with side effects. Precisely targeting the neurons involved in binge drinking could lead to better options.

Gilles Martin, Associate Professor of Neurobiology, UMass Chan Medical School • conversation
June 10, 2025 ~5 min

Your brain learns from rejection − here’s how it becomes your compass for connection

Rejection can feel physically painful. It also provides a lesson for your brain on whom to connect with and how.

Begüm Babür, Ph.D. Student in Social Psychology, University of Southern California • conversation
June 9, 2025 ~9 min

How the brain distinguishes between ambiguous hypotheses

Neural activity patterns can encode competing hypotheses about which landmark will lead to the correct destination.

Anne Trafton | MIT News • mit
June 6, 2025 ~8 min


Former MIT researchers advance a new model for innovation

Focused research organizations (FROs) undertake large research efforts and have begun to yield scientific advances.

Zach Winn | MIT News • mit
June 6, 2025 ~9 min

Different anesthetics, same result: unconsciousness by shifting brainwave phase

MIT study finds an easily measurable brain wave shift may be a universal marker of unconsciousness under anesthesia.

David Orenstein | The Picower Institute for Learning and Memory • mit
June 5, 2025 ~6 min

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