This is your brain. This is your brain on code
MIT researchers are discovering which parts of the brain are engaged when a person evaluates a computer program.
MIT researchers are discovering which parts of the brain are engaged when a person evaluates a computer program.
Popular stories this year covered the detection of radio signals from space, a new battery design, immigrants’ entrepreneurial activity, and more.
Study suggests a robot levy — but only a modest one — could help combat the effects of automation on income inequality in the U.S.
Unique PSFC-designed spectrometer provides crucial data about the implosion that yielded an historic fusion energy gain.
But the harm from a discriminatory AI system can be minimized if the advice it delivers is properly framed, an MIT team has shown.
Research shows doctors and their families are less likely to follow guidelines about medicine. Why do the medically well-informed comply less often?
MIT researchers report early-stage clinical study results of tests with noninvasive 40-hertz light and sound treatment.
Fortifying foods with new polymer particles containing vitamin A could promote better vision and health for millions of people.
The new design works with the diaphragm to improve breathing.
Harnessing these protective molecules may offer a new way to treat the disease, which spreads through contaminated water.
This year's fellows will work across research areas including telemonitoring, human-computer interactions, operations research, AI-mediated socialization, and chemical transformations.
Current measurements of black holes are not enough to nail down how the invisible giants form in the universe, researchers say.
This computational tool can generate an optimal design for a complex fluidic device such as a combustion engine or a hydraulic pump.
Researchers develop a scalable fabrication technique to produce ultrathin, lightweight solar cells that can be seamlessly added to any surface.
Professor Koroush Shirvan, who recently won a prestigious award from the American Nuclear Society, pursues avenues to lower the costs of nuclear energy.