April 9, 2026Learning with audiobooks by Jennifer Michalowski | McGovern Institute for Brain Research A new study finds that audiobooks help students learn new words — especially when paired with one-on-one instruction.
March 31, 2026Turning muscles into motors gives static organs new life by Rubina Veerakone | McGovern Institute for Brain Research A new biohybrid system developed at MIT is the first living implant that uses rewired nerves to revive paralyzed organs.
March 27, 2026Leading with rigor, kindness, and care by Leila Hudson | Office of Graduate Education “We cannot be effective scientists if we are unhappy or unhealthy outside of the lab,” says “Committed to Caring” honoree Sara Prescott.
March 20, 2026After 16 years leading Picower Institute, Li-Huei Tsai will sharpen focus on research, teaching by David Orenstein | The Picower Institute for Learning and Memory Tsai, who has grown the MIT neuroscience institute, will increase focus on research including Alzheimer’s disease and Down syndrome.
March 18, 2026Pursuing a passion for public health by PKG Center MIT senior Srihitha Dasari reflects on the power of experiential learning through the PKG Center for Social Impact.
March 18, 2026Brain circuit needed to incorporate new information may be linked to schizophrenia by Anne Trafton | MIT News Impairments of this circuit may help to explain why some people with schizophrenia lose touch with reality.
March 17, 2026Three anesthesia drugs all have the same effect in the brain, MIT researchers find by Anne Trafton | MIT News Discovering this common mechanism could lead to a universal anesthesia-delivery system to monitor patients more effectively.
March 13, 2026Scientists discover genetics behind leaky brain blood vessels in Rett syndrome by David Orenstein | The Picower Institute for Learning and Memory By showing the problem derives from genetic mutations that lead to overexpression of a microRNA, MIT researchers’ study points to potential treatment.
March 13, 2026How the brain handles the “cocktail party problem” by Anne Trafton | MIT News Using a computational model, neuroscientists showed how the brain can selectively focus attention on one voice among others in a noisy environment.
March 9, 2026Neurons receive precisely tailored teaching signals as we learn by Jennifer Michalowski | McGovern Institute for Brain Research New work suggests the brain can deliver neuron-specific feedback during learning — resembling the error signals that drive machine learning.
