A new strategy to cope with emotional stress

A study by MIT scientists supports “social good” as a cognitive approach to dealing with highly stressful events.

Rubina Veerakone | McGovern Institute for Brain Research • mit
July 8, 2024 ~7 min

MIT researchers introduce generative AI for databases

This new tool offers an easier way for people to analyze complex tabular data.

Adam Zewe | MIT News • mit
July 8, 2024 ~7 min


Technologies enable 3D imaging of whole human brain hemispheres at subcellular resolution

Three innovations by an MIT-based team enable high-resolution, high-throughput imaging of human brain tissue at a full range of scales, and mapping connectivity of neurons at single-cell resolution.

David Orenstein | The Picower Institute for Learning and Memory • mit
June 17, 2024 ~12 min

With programmable pixels, novel sensor improves imaging of neural activity

New camera chip design allows for optimizing each pixel’s timing to maximize signal-to-noise ratio when tracking real-time visual indicator of neural voltage.

David Orenstein | The Picower Institute for Learning and Memory • mit
June 13, 2024 ~8 min

Just thinking about a location activates mental maps in the brain

MIT neuroscientists have found that the brain uses the same cognitive representations whether navigating through space physically or mentally.

Anne Trafton | MIT News • mit
June 12, 2024 ~7 min

Ultrasound offers a new way to perform deep brain stimulation

MIT engineers’ new implantable device could become an alternative to the electrodes now used to treat Parkinson’s and other diseases.

Anne Trafton | MIT News • mit
June 4, 2024 ~7 min

Ten with MIT connections win 2024 Hertz Foundation Fellowships

The fellowships provide five years of funding to doctoral students in applied science, engineering, and mathematics who have “the extraordinary creativity and principled leadership necessary to tackle problems others can’t solve.”

Elizabeth Durant | Office of the Vice Chancellor • mit
June 3, 2024 ~10 min

A technique for more effective multipurpose robots

With generative AI models, researchers combined robotics data from different sources to help robots learn better.

Adam Zewe | MIT News • mit
June 3, 2024 ~7 min


Understanding why autism symptoms sometimes improve amid fever

With support from The Marcus Foundation, an MIT neuroscientist and a Harvard Medical School immunologist will study the “fever effect” in an effort to devise therapies that mimic its beneficial effects.

David Orenstein | The Picower Institute for Learning and Memory • mit
May 23, 2024 ~7 min

Study explains why the brain can robustly recognize images, even without color

The findings also reveal why identifying objects in black-and-white images is more difficult for individuals who were born blind and had their sight restored.

Anne Trafton | MIT News • mit
May 23, 2024 ~9 min

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