January 20, 2016Two professors to join the School of Science faculty this spring by Bendta Schroeder | School of Science The School of Science welcomes two new professors to the Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences this spring semester:
January 14, 2016How neurons lose their connections by Anne Trafton | MIT News Office Strengthening and weakening the connections between neurons, known as synapses, is vital to the brain’s development and everyday function.
January 4, 2016School of Science honors research staff with 2016 Infinite Kilometer Awards by School of Science The MIT School of Science has announced the 2016 winners of the Infinite Kilometer Award.
January 4, 2016Computer model matches humans at predicting how objects move by Adam Conner-Simons | CSAIL We humans take for granted our remarkable ability to predict things that happen around us.
December 28, 2015The School of Science appoints six faculty to named professorships by Bendta Schroeder | School of Science The School of Science announced that six of its faculty members have been appointed to named professorships this fall semester. The new appointments are:
December 23, 2015Machines that learn like people by Larry Hardesty | MIT News Office Object-recognition systems are beginning to get pretty good — and in the case of Facebook’s face-recognition algorithms, frighteningly good.
December 18, 2015Four MIT faculty named 2015 fellows of the National Academy of Inventors by School of Engineering | School of Science Four MIT faculty members have been named 2015 Fellows of the National Aca
December 17, 2015Study finds altered brain chemistry in people with autism by Anne Trafton | MIT News Office MIT and Harvard University neuroscientists have found a link between a behavioral symptom of autism and reduced activity of a neurotransmitter whose job is to dampen neuron excitation.
December 16, 2015Music in the brain by Anne Trafton | MIT News Office Scientists have long wondered if the human brain contains neural mechanisms specific to music perception.
December 16, 2015Susan Hockfield chosen to serve as AAAS president-elect by News Office The following is adapted from a press release issued today by the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
