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MIT makes progress on campus climate goals
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Office of the Executive Vice President and Treasurer
Innovative strategies, technologies, and collaborations are helping MIT advance solutions on campus and beyond.
A burst of “pink noise” may lead to more restorative sleep
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Anne Trafton | MIT News
Delivered at just the right time, this type of auditory stimulus can strengthen the flow of cerebrospinal fluid, which clears debris from the brain and keeps it healthy.
Cognition and consciousness arise from analog computations, says new theory
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David Orenstein | The Picower Institute for Learning and Memory
The brain's ability to generate quick, nimble volitional thought — and a unified awareness of thought and experience — arises from analog computations, MIT neuroscientists argue in a new review.