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MIT senior studies cognitive science and medicine from the vantage point of a person with dyslexia.

On Nov. 5, the Society for Neuroscience named Kay M.

Synthetic biology allows scientists to design genetic circuits that can be placed in cells, giving them new functions such as producing drugs or other useful molecules.

Age-related dementia will affect 10 percent of people in the U.S. within their lifetime.

The following is adapted from a press release from the Brain and Behavior Research Foundation. 

The School of Science recently announced the winners of its 2016 Teaching Prizes for Graduate and Undergraduate Education.

“SCIENTIA,” a monumental bronze sculpture by Ursula von Rydingsvard is a gift from Lore Harp McGovern.

The use of general anesthesia for surgery has not changed fundamentally since it was first introduced 170 years ago. Patients are still left to come around in their own time following withdrawal of the drug.

Work-study program creates priceless relationships between MIT students and the local community.

Rosa Lafer-Sousa exhibted her first piece of artwork at age four.