A chemical approach to imaging cells from the inside
June 20, 2019
A chemical approach to imaging cells from the inside
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Karen Zusi | Broad Institute
The following press release was issued today by the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard.
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Teaching artificial intelligence to connect senses like vision and touch
June 16, 2019
Teaching artificial intelligence to connect senses like vision and touch
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Rachel Gordon | MIT CSAIL
In Canadian author Margaret Atwood’s book "Blind Assassins," she says that “touch comes before sight, before speech.
Toward artificial intelligence that learns to write code
June 14, 2019
Toward artificial intelligence that learns to write code
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Kim Martineau | MIT Quest for Intelligence
Learning to code involves recognizing how to structure a program, and how to fill in every last detail correctly. No wonder it can be so frustrating.
Using gene editing, neuroscientists develop a new model for autism
June 12, 2019
Using gene editing, neuroscientists develop a new model for autism
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Anne Trafton | MIT News Office
Using the genome-editing system CRISPR, researchers at MIT and in China have engineered macaque monkeys to express a gene mutation linked to autism and other neurodevelopmental disorders in humans.
How we tune out distractions
June 12, 2019
How we tune out distractions
by
Anne Trafton
Imagine trying to focus on a friend’s voice at a noisy party, or blocking out the phone conversation of the person sitting next to you on the bus while you try to read.
New gene-editing system precisely inserts large DNA sequences into cellular DNA
June 12, 2019
New gene-editing system precisely inserts large DNA sequences into cellular DNA
by
Karen Zusi | Broad Institute
The following press release was issued yesterday by the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard.
From one MSRP generation to the next
June 10, 2019
From one MSRP generation to the next
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Raleigh McElvery | Department of Biology
On June 5, 20 students from the 2019 MIT Summer Research Program (MSRP) cohort and eight program alumni had the chance to meet Squire Booker PhD ’94.
Automated large-scale reconstruction of synaptic-resolution neural wiring diagrams from volume EM data
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Automated large-scale reconstruction of synaptic-resolution neural wiring diagrams from volume EM data
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Neurons’ “antennae” are unexpectedly active in neural computation
June 6, 2019
Neurons’ “antennae” are unexpectedly active in neural computation
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Anne Trafton | MIT News Office
Most neurons have many branching extensions called dendrites that receive input from thousands of other neurons. Dendrites aren’t just passive information-carriers, however.
Countdown to Commencement 2019
May 31, 2019
Countdown to Commencement 2019
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BCS Communications
Members of the Course 9 Class of 2019 shared their MIT experiences with us and offered up words of advice for incoming students.
