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December 4, 2019

Controlling attention with brain waves

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Anne Trafton | MIT News Office

Having trouble paying attention? MIT neuroscientists may have a solution for you: Turn down your alpha brain waves.

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December 3, 2019

Two MIT professors named 2019 fellows of the National Academy of Inventors

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David Orenstein | Picower Institute

The National Academy of Inventors has selected two MIT faculty members, neuroscientist Li-Huei Tsai and materials scientist Christopher Schuh, as members of its 2019 class of new fellows.

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December 2, 2019

Helping machines perceive some laws of physics

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Rob Matheson | MIT News Office

Humans have an early understanding of the laws of physical reality.

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November 19, 2019

Bot can beat humans in multiplayer hidden-role games

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Rob Matheson | MIT News Office

MIT researchers have developed a bot equipped with artificial intelligence that can beat human players in tricky online multiplayer games where player roles and motives are kept secret.

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November 19, 2019

Students push to speed up artificial intelligence adoption in Latin America

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Kim Martineau | MIT Quest for Intelligence

Omar Costilla Reyes reels off all the ways that artificial intelligence might benefit his native Mexico.

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November 4, 2019

School of Science appoints 14 faculty members to named professorships

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The School of Science has announced that 14 of its faculty members have been appointed to named professorships.

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October 23, 2019

MIT announces framework to guide negotiations with publishers

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Brigham Fay | MIT Libraries

The MIT Libraries, together with the MIT Committee on the Library System and the Ad Hoc Task Force on Open Access to MIT’s Research, announced that it has developed a

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October 21, 2019

Drug combination reverses hypersensitivity to noise

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Anne Trafton | MIT News Office

People with autism often experience hypersensitivity to noise and other sensory input.

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October 17, 2019

Open access task force releases final recommendations

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Brigham Fay | MIT Libraries

The Ad Hoc Task Force on Open Access to MIT’s Research has released its

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October 16, 2019

Controlling our internal world

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Sabbi Lall | McGovern Institute for Brain Research

Olympic skaters can launch, perform multiple aerial turns, and land gracefully, anticipating imperfections and reacting quickly to correct course.

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