CausalSim: MIT’s New Tool for Accurately Simulating Complex Systems
The system they developed eliminates a source of bias in simulations, leading to improved algorithms that can boost the performance of applications. MIT researchers have…
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STING Like a Bee: MIT’s Revolutionary Approach to Cancer Immunotherapy
A cancer vaccine combining checkpoint blockade therapy and a STING-activating drug eliminates tumors and prevents recurrence in mice. MIT researchers have engineered a therapeutic cancer…
AI Battles Superbugs: Helps Find New Antibiotic Drug To Combat Drug-Resistant Infections
The machine-learning algorithm identified a compound that kills Acinetobacter baumannii, a bacterium that lurks in many hospital settings. Using an artificial intelligence algorithm, researchers at…
MIT’s AI System Reveals Internal Structure of Materials From Surface Observations
A new method could provide detailed information about internal structures, voids, and cracks, based solely on data about exterior conditions. MIT scientists have used deep…
MIT’s Innovative Volumetric Approach: The Future of 3D Shape Mapping
By mapping the volumes of objects, rather than their surfaces, a new technique could yield solutions to computer graphics problems in animation and CAD. MIT…
Language Impairments Unraveled: How Mutations in a Language Gene Produce Speech Deficits
Faulty versions of the Foxp2 gene disrupt neurons’ ability to form synapses in brain regions involved in speech, a new study shows. Mutations of a…
MIT’s New CRISPR-Based Gene-Editing Technique Transforms Cancer Mutation Studies
With the new method, scientists can explore many cancer mutations whose roles are unknown, helping them develop new drugs that target those mutations. MIT scientists…
The Shiniest Spy: How Everyday Objects Can Be Turned Into “Cameras”
A new computer vision system turns any shiny object into a camera of sorts, enabling an observer to see around corners or beyond obstructions. MIT…
SurgiBox: Bringing Safe Surgery to Patients Everywhere – Demonstrated Successfully in Ukraine
The MIT D-Lab-supported startup SurgiBox has developed a portable kit that doctors can use to create sterile operating environments where they’re needed most. SurgiBox, a…
MIT GENUS: 40 Hz Vibrations Reduce Alzheimer’s Disease Symptoms
Tactile stimulation improved motor performance, reduced phosphorylated tau, preserved neurons and synapses, and reduced DNA damage, a new study shows. MIT researchers have found that…
Machine Learning Makes Waves: A Better Way To Study Ocean Currents
A new machine-learning model makes more accurate predictions about ocean currents, which could help with tracking plastic pollution and oil spills, and aid in search…
Decoding Serotonin: From Molecular to Whole-Brain Scale Effects
Scientists at The Picower Institute for Learning and Memory at MIT have provided comprehensive insight into how serotonin affects behavior in a study using the…
Tiny Ocean Conquerors: How Ancestors of Prochlorococcus Microbes Mastered the Seas on Exoskeleton Rafts
A new study shows that carbon-capturing phytoplankton colonized the ocean by rafting on particles of chitin. MIT researchers found that Prochlorococcus, a vital phytoplankton, likely…
When AI Plays Judge: The Unintended Severity of Machine Learning Models
Researchers find that models trained using common data-collection techniques judge rule violations more harshly than humans would. Machine-learning models often make harsher judgments than humans…
Quantum Quasiparticle Sandwiches: Serving Up a New Era of Efficient Computing
A perovskite-based device that combines aspects of electronics and photonics may open doors to new kinds of computer chips or quantum qubits. MIT researchers have…
Straightening Out AI: How MIT Researchers Bridge the Gap Between Human and Machine Vision
Researchers identify a property that helps computer vision models learn to represent the visual world in a more stable, predictable way. MIT researchers found that…
New Low-Cost Device Developed by MIT Can Measure Air Pollution Anywhere
An open-source tool developed by MIT’s Senseable City Lab allows individuals to easily and affordably monitor air quality. Air pollution poses a major threat to…
100x Resolution: MIT’s Unprecedented View of Gene Regulation
MIT engineers’ new technique analyzes the 3D organization of the genome at a resolution 100 times higher than before. Researchers at MIT have created a…
