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Women in STEM — A celebration of excellence and curiosity
April 16, 2024

Women in STEM — A celebration of excellence and curiosity

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Dario Salati | Sharece Corner | MindHandHeart
An MIT Values event showcases three women's career journeys and how they are paving the way for the next generation.
From neurons to learning and memory
April 16, 2024

From neurons to learning and memory

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Anne Trafton | MIT News
Mark Harnett investigates how electrical activity in mammalian cortical cells helps to produce neural computations that give rise to behavior.
MIT tops among single-campus universities in US patents granted
April 11, 2024

MIT tops among single-campus universities in US patents granted

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Robyn Bunch | Technology Licensing Office
For 10th consecutive year, the Institute ranks No. 2 among all colleges and No. 1 among colleges with one main campus, underlying the impact of innovation and critical role of technology transfer.
A crossroads for computing at MIT
April 11, 2024

A crossroads for computing at MIT

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Terri Park | MIT Schwarzman College of Computing
The MIT Schwarzman College of Computing building will form a new cluster of connectivity across a spectrum of disciplines in computing and artificial intelligence.
Reevaluating an approach to functional brain imaging
April 4, 2024

Reevaluating an approach to functional brain imaging

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Jennifer Michalowski | McGovern Institute for Brain Research
An MRI method purported to detect neurons’ rapid impulses produces its own misleading signals instead, an MIT study finds.
A new computational technique could make it easier to engineer useful proteins
April 3, 2024

A new computational technique could make it easier to engineer useful proteins

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Anne Trafton | MIT News
MIT researchers plan to search for proteins that could be used to measure electrical activity in the brain.
Study: Movement disorder ALS and cognitive disorder FTLD show strong molecular overlaps
March 22, 2024

Study: Movement disorder ALS and cognitive disorder FTLD show strong molecular overlaps

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David Orenstein | The Picower Institute for Learning and Memory
Single-cell gene expression patterns in the brain, and evidence from follow-up experiments, reveal many shared cellular and molecular similarities that could be targeted for potential treatment.
For people who speak many languages, there’s something special about their native tongue
March 11, 2024

For people who speak many languages, there’s something special about their native tongue

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Anne Trafton | MIT News
An MIT study finds the brains of polyglots expend comparatively little effort when processing their native language.
Researchers enhance peripheral vision in AI models
March 8, 2024

Researchers enhance peripheral vision in AI models

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Adam Zewe | MIT News
By enabling models to see the world more like humans do, the work could help improve driver safety and shed light on human behavior.
How sensory gamma rhythm stimulation clears amyloid in Alzheimer’s mice
March 7, 2024

How sensory gamma rhythm stimulation clears amyloid in Alzheimer’s mice

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David Orenstein | The Picower Institute for Learning and Memory
Study finds stimulating a key brain rhythm with light and sound increases peptide release from interneurons, driving clearance of an Alzheimer’s protein.
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