Kwanghun Chung awarded Packard Fellowship | MIT News
Funding will support the development of novel technologies for better understanding of large-scale biological systems.
Oct. 20, 2015 • ~2 min
Taking stress to a new level | MIT News
MIT spinout Neumitra brings an innovative approach to quantifying, understanding, and managing stress.
Oct. 19, 2015 • ~12 min
Leveraging genetic diversity to drive precision medicine | MIT News
Taking advantage of genetic heterogeneity in autism and other neurodevelopmental disorders could lead to precision therapies.
Oct. 16, 2015 • ~6 min
How the brain controls sleep | MIT News
Brain structure generates pockets of sleep within the brain.
Oct. 13, 2015 • ~6 min
How the brain keeps time | MIT News
Study reveals neuron-firing patterns that underlie time measurement.
Oct. 8, 2015 • ~6 min
Predicting change in the Alzheimer’s brain | MIT News
Combining MRI and other data helps machine-learning systems predict effects of neurodegenerative disease.
Oct. 6, 2015 • ~6 min
How the brain recognizes objects | MIT News
Neuroscientists find evidence that the brain’s inferotemporal cortex can identify objects.
Oct. 5, 2015 • ~6 min
Finding a noninvasive way to measure pressure in the brain | MIT News
MIT researchers team up with Boston Medical Center and Philips to test a noninvasive way to measure intracranial pressure.
Sept. 30, 2015 • ~4 min
Biologists find unexpected role for amyloid-forming protein | MIT News
Yeast protein could offer clues to how Alzheimer’s plaques form in the brain.
Sept. 24, 2015 • ~5 min
How the brain encodes time and place | MIT News
Neuroscientists identify a brain circuit that is critical for forming episodic memories.
Sept. 23, 2015 • ~7 min
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