Using math to blend musical notes seamlessly

Algorithm enables one audio signal to glide into another, recreating the “portamento” effect of some musical instruments. | Continue reading


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Lincoln Laboratory's new AI supercomputer is the most powerful

TX-GAIA is tailor-made for crunching through deep neural network operations. | Continue reading


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Quantum Sensing on a Chip

Researchers integrate diamond-based sensing components onto a chip to enable low-cost, high-performance quantum hardware. | Continue reading


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Computing and the Search for New Planets

MIT planetary scientists partner with computer scientists to find exoplanets. | Continue reading


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Engineers develop multimaterial fiber “ink” for 3-D-printed devices

Filaments with embedded circuitry can be used to print complex shapes for biomedical and robotic devices. | Continue reading


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Notation system allows scientists to communicate polymers more easily

BigSMILES language allows computers and researchers to convey stochastic configurations more clearly. | Continue reading


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New path to emissions-free cement

MIT researchers find a way to eliminate carbon emissions from cement production — a major global source of greenhouse gases. | Continue reading


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Uncovering the hidden “noise” that can kill qubits

New detection tool could be used to make quantum computers robust against unwanted environmental disturbances. | Continue reading


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What a little more computing power can do

Commercial cloud service providers give artificial intelligence computing at MIT a boost. | Continue reading


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The answer to life, the universe, and everything

Mathematics researcher Drew Sutherland helps solve decades-old sum-of-three-cubes puzzle, with help from "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy." | Continue reading


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Scientists detect tones in the ringing of a newborn black hole

Results support Einstein’s theory and the idea that black holes have no “hair.” | Continue reading


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Letter regarding preliminary fact-finding about MIT and Jeffrey Epstein

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Engineers develop multimaterial fiber “ink” for 3-D-printed devices

Filaments with embedded circuitry can be used to print complex shapes for biomedical and robotic devices. | Continue reading


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Objects can now change colors like a chameleon

Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory team creates new reprogrammable ink that lets objects change colors using light. | Continue reading


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Leadership Transition Announced for MIT Media Lab

Executive committee will lead lab during interim period. | Continue reading


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Soft robotics breakthrough manages immune response for implanted devices

Discovery could enable longer-lasting and better-functioning devices — including pacemakers, breast implants, biosensors, and drug delivery devices. | Continue reading


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Objects can now change colors like a chameleon

Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory team creates new reprogrammable ink that lets objects change colors using light. | Continue reading


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A battery-free sensor for underwater exploration

Submerged system uses the vibration of “piezoelectric” materials to generate power and send and receive data. | Continue reading


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Hearing Through the Clatter

Study reveals brain regions that respond differently to the presence of background noise, suggesting the brain progressively hones in on and isolates sounds. | Continue reading


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MIT research finds statewide health savings from cleaner air exceed policy costs

MIT research finds health savings from cleaner air exceed policy costs. | Continue reading


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MIT student JH Lee studies cultural differences in how humans relate to animals

PhD student Jia Hui Lee studies global differences in how humans relate to other animals, including rats that detect land mines. | Continue reading


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Letter Regarding Action on the Media Lab

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A tech intervention to tame tuberculosis

An interactive program using mobile phones helps more patients conclude treatment successfully. | Continue reading


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“information gerrymandering” influences voters

Study analyzes how networks can distort voters’ perceptions and change election results. | Continue reading


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Ultrathin 3-D-printed films convert energy of one form into another

Low-cost “piezoelectric” films produce voltage when under strain, could be used for flexible electronic components and more. | Continue reading


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IBM gives artificial intelligence computing at MIT a lift

Nearly $12 million machine will let MIT researchers run more ambitious AI models. | Continue reading


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Robotic thread is designed to slip through the brain’s blood vessels

Magnetically controlled device could deliver clot-reducing therapies in response to stroke or other brain blockages. | Continue reading


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IBM Gives Artificial Intelligence Computing at MIT a Lift

Nearly $12 million machine will let MIT researchers run more ambitious AI models. | Continue reading


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MIT’s fleet of autonomous boats can now shapeshift

New capabilities allow “roboats” to change configurations to form pop-up bridges, stages, and other structures. | Continue reading


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Robotic thread is designed to slip through the brain’s blood vessels

Magnetically controlled device could deliver clot-reducing therapies in response to stroke or other brain blockages. | Continue reading


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New science blooms after star researchers die

Deaths of prominent life scientists tend to be followed by a surge in highly cited research by newcomers. | Continue reading


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MIT engineers build advanced microprocessor out of carbon nanotubes

New approach harnesses the same fabrication processes used for silicon chips, offers key advance toward next-generation computers. | Continue reading


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Using Wall Street secrets to reduce the cost of cloud infrastructure

“Risk-aware” traffic engineering could help service providers such as Microsoft, Amazon, and Google better utilize network infrastructure. | Continue reading


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Guided by AI, robotic platform automates molecule manufacture

New system could free bench chemists from time-consuming tasks, may help inspire new molecules. | Continue reading


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Letter Regarding Jeffrey Epstein and MIT

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Artificial intelligence could help data centers run far more efficiently

MIT system “learns” how to optimally allocate workloads across thousands of servers to cut costs, save energy. | Continue reading


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A battery-free sensor for underwater exploration

Submerged system uses the vibration of “piezoelectric” materials to generate power and send and receive data. | Continue reading


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A new way to deliver drugs with pinpoint targeting

Magnetic particles allow drugs to be released at precise times and in specific areas. | Continue reading


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MIT engineers fly first-ever plane with no moving parts (2018)

The silent, lightweight aircraft doesn’t depend on fossil fuels. | Continue reading


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Computer-Aided Knitting

New research from the Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory uses machine learning to customize clothing designs. | Continue reading


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Optimus Ride’s autonomous system makes self-driving vehicles a reality

MIT startup’s unique approach to improving human mobility is helping it gain traction in a competitive landscape. | Continue reading


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Explained: Neural Networks (2017)

Ballyhooed artificial-intelligence technique known as “deep learning” revives 70-year-old idea. | Continue reading


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A single-photon source you can make at home

Shining light through household bleach creates fluorescent quantum defects in carbon nanotubes for quantum computing and biomedical imaging. | Continue reading


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New Insights into Bismuth’s Character

Theorists at MIT and collaborators uncover hidden topological insulator states in bismuth crystals. | Continue reading


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Lidsky of nuclear engineering dies; questioned fusion power

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Removing carbon dioxide from power plant exhaust

MIT researchers are developing a battery that could both capture carbon dioxide in power plant exhaust and convert it to a solid ready for safe disposal. | Continue reading


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Tess discovers three new planets nearby, including temperate “sub-Neptune”

Planetary system orbiting an unusually quiet star is ideal for future habitability searches. | Continue reading


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Study finds topological materials may boost efficiency of thermoelectric devices

Study finds topological materials could boost the efficiency of thermoelectric devices. | Continue reading


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