June 7, 2023From labs to the streets, experts work to defuse childhood threats to mental health by David Orenstein | The Picower Institute for Learning and Memory Symposium speakers describe numerous ways to promote prevention, resilience, healing, and wellness after early-life stresses.
June 5, 202340 Hz vibrations reduce Alzheimer’s pathology, symptoms in mouse models by David Orenstein | The Picower Institute for Learning and Memory Tactile stimulation improved motor performance, reduced phosphorylated tau, preserved neurons and synapses, and reduced DNA damage, a new study shows.
June 5, 2023Computational model mimics humans’ ability to predict emotions by Anne Trafton | MIT News Office Using insights into how people intuit others’ emotions, researchers have designed a model that approximates this aspect of human social intelligence.
May 30, 2023CoCo: A real-time co-creative learning platform for young people by MIT Media Lab Media Lab PhD students Manuj Dhariwal and Shruti Dhariwal introduce a new paradigm of creative collaboration in digital learning environments.
May 29, 2023Even lawyers don’t like legalese by Anne Trafton | MIT News Office A new study shows lawyers find simplified legal documents easier to understand, more appealing, and just as enforceable as traditional contracts.
May 25, 2023Tackling the MIT campus’s top energy consumers, building by building by Nicole Morell | MIT Office of Sustainability A full-building energy efficiency project aims to reduce total campus emissions by 2 percent.
May 25, 2023Probabilistic AI that knows how well it’s working by Rachel Paiste | Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences It’s more important than ever for artificial intelligence to estimate how accurately it is explaining data.
May 24, 2023Helping robots handle fluids by Rachel Gordon | MIT CSAIL Researchers create new simulation tool for robots to manipulate complex fluids in a step toward helping robots more effortlessly assist with daily tasks.
May 22, 2023From molecular to whole-brain scale in a simple animal, study reveals serotonin’s effects by David Orenstein | Picower Institute for Learning and Memory With full genetic control and visibility into neural activity and behavior, MIT scientists map out chemical’s role in behavior.
May 17, 20233 Questions: Sara Prescott on the brain-body connection by Lillian Eden | Department of Biology | Picower Institute for Learning and Memory New MIT faculty member investigates how sensory input from within the body controls mammalian physiology and behavior.
