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news.mit.edu /3 weeks ago

Tackling rare genetic disorders with patient-focused science

Shannon Knight, a brain and cognitive sciences PhD candidate and McGovern Institute researcher, focuses on developing a novel gene therapy.

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news.mit.edu /1 month ago

How visual learning happens in the brain

Scientists find that learning to identify a new object subtly reshapes visual processing in the brain.

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news.mit.edu /3 weeks ago

DNA shaper steers nervous system development

A study of worms finds a protein that helps shape the structure of the genome is critical for establishing the identity of some neurons.

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webwire.com /1 month ago

Emery Brown, Daniel Hastings, and Douglas Lauffenburger named Institute Professors

A physician and neuroscientist who studies how anesthesia affects the brain; a leader in aerospace engineering, policy, and education; and the founding head of MIT's Department of...

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psychologicalscience.org /1 month ago

Member Spotlight: 2026 APS Spence Awardee Yuan Chang Leong’s Pursuit to Understand the Brain

Learn more about the Spence Awardee and his research into how social context and affect construct subjective experience.

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news.mit.edu /1 week ago

Ila Kumar: Innovating with communities

The PhD student works to give young people an active role in shaping digital technologies that can support their own well-being.

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thequantuminsider.com /2 weeks ago

Scientists Look to the Brain to Improve Quantum Sensors

Insider Brief A Washington University in St. Louis biologist is applying theories about how the brain balances order and chaos to a Department of Energy project aimed at making qua...

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news.mit.edu /1 week ago

Cognition and consciousness arise from analog computations, says new theory

The brain's ability to generate quick, nimble volitional thought — and a unified awareness of thought and experience — arises from analog computations, MIT neuroscientists argue in...

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news.mit.edu /1 month ago

Diana Grass: Listening to the body’s language

The PhD candidate builds soft bioelectronic technologies to decode signals between the brain and the rest of the body.

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psychologicalscience.org /1 week ago

Member Spotlight: 2026 Spence Awardee Daniel Yon’s Search for a Distinctive Patch in the Research Landscape

Image above: Yon discusses his book, A Trick of the Mind: How the Brain Invents Your Reality. Daniel Yon is a professor of cognitive neuroscience and the director of the Uncertaint...

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marginalrevolution.com /1 month ago

Emergent Ventures winners, 57th cohort

Oisin O’Gorman, 15, Dublin, misinformation and fakes. Karsen Lee Wahal, Stanford, is AI killing the web?, and measuring media slant. Davy Deng, with Claire Wang (previous winner),...

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observer.com /1 month ago

When the Future Came to City Hall: The Forgotten Blueprint for A.I. Governance

MIT Museum’s Michael John Gorman revists the landmark 1976 Cambridge recombinant DNA debate to argue that today's A.I. governance challenges are less unprecedented than they seem....

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neurology.ufl.edu /4 weeks ago

Dynamic, state-dependent characteristics of cognitive fluctuations in Lewy body dementia:

A magnetoencephalography study Congratulations to Hojjatollah Sadeqi, Babak Ahmadi, Zohreh Morshedizad, Rachael Burke, Bhavana Patel, Nikolaus R McFarland, Melissa J Armstrong and...

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webwire.com /3 weeks ago

High-speed microscopy reveals electrical activity across the brain

Within the brain, neurons compute by generating electrical impulses. These signals travel throughout neurons, which are in turn connected in vast networks that control brain functi...

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news.mit.edu /1 month ago

MIT Professor Susumu Tonegawa, renowned molecular biologist and Nobel laureate, dies at 86

Tonegawa made landmark discoveries about how the immune system generates antibody diversity and how the brain forms memories.

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thequantuminsider.com /1 week ago

MIT Quantum Initiative Launches Postdoctoral Fellowship Program

Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — The MIT Quantum Initiative (QMIT) has launched a new postdoctoral fellowship program to accelerate interdisciplinary quantum research and develop the...

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spectrumlocalnews.com /4 weeks ago

Newly founded Institute for Autism Research seeks to maximize kids' potential

The Institute for Autism Research recently got a $450,000 grant to make its big move from Canisius University.

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news.mit.edu /1 month ago

Personalized physical therapy: Stroke rehabilitation powered by AI

MIT engineers introduce an adaptive physical therapy system that uses generative AI to learn from physical therapists and interactively support stroke patients.

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