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Q&A: Climate Grand Challenges finalists on accelerating reductions in global greenhouse gas emissions
March 17, 2022

Q&A: Climate Grand Challenges finalists on accelerating reductions in global greenhouse gas emissions

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March 16, 2022

3 Questions: Emery Brown on improving anesthesia with neuroscience

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Professor describes a new research center he is working to develop where researchers will seek to improve patient care by integrating neuroscience and anesthesiology.
Objection: No one can understand what you’re saying
March 7, 2022

Objection: No one can understand what you’re saying

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Anne Trafton | MIT News Office
An MIT study identifies ways that lawyers could make their written documents easier for the average person to read.
New MRI probe can reveal more of the brain’s inner workings
March 3, 2022

New MRI probe can reveal more of the brain’s inner workings

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Anne Trafton | MIT News Office
Tracing connections between neuron populations could help researchers map brain circuits that underlie behavior and perception.
The benefits of peripheral vision for machines
March 2, 2022

The benefits of peripheral vision for machines

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Adam Zewe | MIT News Office
Researchers find similarities between how some computer-vision systems process images and how humans see out of the corners of our eyes.
School of Engineering welcomes new faculty
February 28, 2022

School of Engineering welcomes new faculty

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Seventeen new professors join the MIT community, with research areas ranging from robotics and machine learning to health care and agriculture.
Assessing connections in the brain’s reading network
February 23, 2022

Assessing connections in the brain’s reading network

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Jennifer Michalowski | McGovern Institute for Brain Research
State-of-the-art analysis of brain images from nearly 700 children has turned up surprisingly few links between white matter structure and reading ability.
Singing in the brain
February 22, 2022

Singing in the brain

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Anne Trafton | MIT News Office
MIT neuroscientists have identified a population of neurons in the human brain that respond to singing but not other types of music.
Can machine-learning models overcome biased datasets?
February 21, 2022

Can machine-learning models overcome biased datasets?

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Adam Zewe | MIT News Office
A model’s ability to generalize is influenced by both the diversity of the data and the way the model is trained, researchers report.
On a mission to alleviate chronic pain
February 20, 2022

On a mission to alleviate chronic pain

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Anne Trafton | MIT News Office
Fan Wang’s studies of how the brain controls pain may one day lead to new treatments that could help millions of people.
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