Study measures how fast humans react to road hazards

In “semiautonomous” cars, older drivers may need more time to take the wheel when responding to the unexpected.

Rob Matheson | MIT News Office • mit
Aug. 7, 2019 ~8 min

Pathways to a low-carbon China

Study projects a key role for carbon capture and storage.

Mark Dwortzan | Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change • mit
July 8, 2019 ~5 min


Drag-and-drop data analytics

System lets nonspecialists use machine-learning models to make predictions for medical research, sales, and more.

Rob Matheson | MIT News Office • mit
June 27, 2019 ~8 min

New AI programming language goes beyond deep learning

General-purpose language works for computer vision, robotics, statistics, and more.

Rob Matheson | MIT News Office • mit
June 26, 2019 ~8 min

Translating proteins into music, and back

By turning molecular structures into sounds, researchers gain insight into protein structures and create new variations.

David L. Chandler | MIT News Office • mit
June 26, 2019 ~8 min

Study: Social robots can benefit hospitalized children

Interacting with a robotic teddy bear invented at MIT boosted young patients’ positive emotions, engagement, and activity level.

Rob Matheson | MIT News Office • mit
June 26, 2019 ~8 min

Bringing human-like reasoning to driverless car navigation

Autonomous control system “learns” to use simple maps and image data to navigate new, complex routes.

Rob Matheson | MIT News Office • mit
May 22, 2019 ~7 min

Fabrics poised to become the new software

Basic research advance leads to production of more than 250,000 chips embedded within fibers in less than a year.

Zach Winn | MIT News Office • mit
May 21, 2019 ~7 min


Can science writing be automated?

A neural network can read scientific papers and render a plain-English summary.

David L. Chandler | MIT News Office • mit
April 17, 2019 ~9 min

MIT spinout seeks to transform food safety testing

An affordable, easy-to-use handheld sensor, soon to enter the market, can indicate the presence of bacterial contaminants in food in seconds.

Andi Sutton | Abdul Latif Jameel Water and Food Systems Lab • mit
April 9, 2019 ~8 min

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