Neuroscientists identify a brain circuit that helps break decisions down into smaller pieces. | Continue reading
MIT CSAIL project shows the neural nets we typically train contain smaller “subnetworks” that can learn just as well, and often faster. | Continue reading
Researchers apply network theory to HIV protein structure, uncovering a vital link between connectivity and protective immune response. | Continue reading
After nearly 60 years of teaching at MIT, this math professor surpasses 10 million views on OCW, earns top reviews for his teaching style, and publishes his 12th book. | Continue reading
Ubiquitous marine plants dissipate wave energy and could help protect vulnerable shorelines. | Continue reading
MIT/MGH's image-based deep learning model can predict breast cancer up to five years in advance. | Continue reading
Researchers develop nanosized antibodies that home in on the meshwork of proteins surrounding cancer cells. | Continue reading
Analysis of genes altered by the disease could provide targets for new treatments. | Continue reading
The DiCarlo lab finds that a recurrent architecture helps both artificial intelligence and our brains to better identify objects. | Continue reading
CSAIL team studies what email users want for better automating email — and proposes "YouPS" filtering tool. | Continue reading
Model improves a robot’s ability to mold materials into shapes and interact with liquids and solid objects. | Continue reading
More effective surgery could boost survival rates for ovarian cancer. | Continue reading
A neural network can read scientific papers and render a plain-English summary. | Continue reading
Researchers free up more bandwidth by compressing “objects” within the memory hierarchy. | Continue reading
Researchers free up more bandwidth by compressing “objects” within the memory hierarchy. | Continue reading
Counting search queries isn’t easy, but MIT CSAIL’s new LearnedSketch system for “frequency-estimation” aims to help. | Continue reading
New algorithm could stitch together astronomical measurements made across the globe. | Continue reading
New method for synthesizing the epoxides found in plastics, textiles, and pharmaceuticals could be powered by electricity. | Continue reading
New architecture promises to cut in half the energy and physical space required to store and manage user data. | Continue reading
An algorithm that teaches robot agents how to exchange advice to complete a task helps them learn faster. | Continue reading
Machine learning can reveal optimal growing conditions to maximize taste and other features. | Continue reading
Researchers combine statistical and symbolic artificial intelligence techniques to speed learning and improve transparency. | Continue reading
Robot’s lightweight, high-power design is the perfect platform to share and play, developers say. | Continue reading
Sensor can monitor wiring in a building or ship, and signal when repairs are needed. | Continue reading
Loosely connected disc-shaped “particles” can push and pull one another, moving en masse to transport objects. | Continue reading
Noninvasive treatment improves memory and reduces amyloid plaques in mice. | Continue reading
Results show bacterial genomes provide “shadow history” of animal evolution. | Continue reading
New test rapidly evaluates the effect of drugs and potentially toxic compounds on cells. | Continue reading
The need to produce just the right amount of protein is behind the striking uniformity of sizes. | Continue reading
Capsule that releases insulin in the stomach could replace injections for patients with type 2 diabetes. | Continue reading
Study uncovers language patterns that AI models link to factual and false articles; underscores need for further testing. | Continue reading
Machine-learning approach could help robots assemble cellphones and other small parts in a manufacturing line. | Continue reading
Researchers pinpoint the “neurons” in machine-learning systems that capture specific linguistic features during translation tasks. | Continue reading
Machine-learning approach could help robots assemble cellphones and other small parts in a manufacturing line. | Continue reading
Device made from flexible, inexpensive materials could power large-area electronics, wearables, medical devices, and more. | Continue reading
It’s not quite the Ant-Man suit, but the system produces 3-D structures one thousandth the size of the originals. | Continue reading
Study shows audience judgments can identify online misinformation. | Continue reading
Model identifies instances when autonomous systems have learned from examples that may cause dangerous errors in the real world. | Continue reading
William Oliver says a lack of available quantum scientists and engineers may be an inhibitor of the technology’s growth. | Continue reading
Design reduces by 99 percent the data users need to join the network and verify transactions. | Continue reading
Thunkable gives noncoders the ability to create professional-grade mobile apps. | Continue reading
Tool for nonstatisticians automatically generates models that glean insights from complex datasets. | Continue reading
New 3-D imaging technique can reveal, much more quickly than other methods, how neurons connect throughout the brain. | Continue reading
Microbes screened with a new microfluidic process might be used in power generation or environmental cleanup. | Continue reading
Substantial refinements of three-photon microscopy allow for novel discoveries in neuroscience. | Continue reading
Measurements indicate a dense, gaseous, “sub-Neptune” world, three times the size of Earth. | Continue reading
Researchers use CHIME telescope to detect fast radio bursts at low frequencies and a second repeating burst. | Continue reading