Ensuring AI works with the right dose of curiosity

Researchers make headway in solving a longstanding problem of balancing curious “exploration” versus “exploitation” of known pathways in reinforcement learning.

Rachel Gordon | MIT CSAIL • mit
Nov. 10, 2022 ~9 min

Computational modeling guides development of new materials

Chemical engineers use neural networks to discover the properties of metal-organic frameworks, for catalysis and other applications.

mit
March 11, 2022 ~6 min


Hamed Okhravi is named co-chair of DARPA cybersecurity study

A cyber systems expert at Lincoln Laboratory, Okhravi will help investigate bold solutions to fundamental cyber vulnerabilities.

Kylie Foy | MIT Lincoln Laboratory • mit
Oct. 6, 2021 ~3 min

Deep learning helps predict new drug combinations to fight Covid-19

Neural network identifies synergistic drug blends for treating viruses like SARS-CoV-2.

Rachel Gordon | MIT CSAIL • mit
Sept. 24, 2021 ~6 min

Engineers grow pancreatic “organoids” that mimic the real thing

Studying these organoids could help researchers develop and test new treatments for pancreatic cancer, one of the deadliest types of cancer.

Anne Trafton | MIT News Office • mit
Sept. 13, 2021 ~7 min

Who can bend light for cheaper internet?

ARROW, a reconfigurable fiber optics network developed at MIT, aims to take on the end of Moore’s law.

Rachel Gordon | MIT CSAIL • mit
Aug. 30, 2021 ~7 min

Our gut-brain connection

“Organs-on-a-chip” system sheds light on how bacteria in the human digestive tract may influence neurological diseases.

Anne Trafton | MIT News Office • mit
Jan. 29, 2021 ~7 min

New type of atomic clock keeps time even more precisely

The design, which uses entangled atoms, could help scientists detect dark matter and study gravity’s effect on time.

Jennifer Chu | MIT News Office • mit
Dec. 16, 2020 ~7 min


Neuroscientists find a way to make object-recognition models perform better

Adding a module that mimics part of the brain can prevent common errors made by computer vision models.

Anne Trafton | MIT News Office • mit
Dec. 3, 2020 ~8 min

A mechanical way to stimulate neurons

Magnetic nanodiscs can be activated by an external magnetic field, providing a research tool for studying neural responses.

David L. Chandler | MIT News Office • mit
July 19, 2020 ~7 min

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