Research Stories
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Machine-learning system uses physics principles to augment data from NASA crowdsourcing project.
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Study finds lateral variations in composition at a key depth below the island hotspot, provides scientists a new understanding of mantle mixing.
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Startup’s platform crunches anonymized smartphone GPS data to understand how people shop, work, and live.
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Computational photography could solve a problem that bedevils self-driving cars.
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Made of silicone rubber, CSAIL’s “SoFi” could enable a closer study of aquatic life.
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Findings may lead scientists to reinterpret seismic maps of the Earth’s interior.
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Eight teams pitched novel inventions at MIT Sloan Healthcare Innovations Prize competition.
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Sharing of knowledge in a collaborative, hands-on environment is a hallmark of MIT’s “Mind and Hand” educational philosophy. The value of this approach was recently demonstrated by a team of faculty and graduate students in…
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New technique is nontoxic to cells, should allow scientists to study neuron function for months or years instead of weeks.
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Fluorescent sensor allows imaging of neurons’ electrical communications, without electrodes.