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Whether speaking Turkish or Norwegian, the brain’s language network looks the same

Over several decades, neuroscientists have created a well-defined map of the brain’s “language network,” or the regions of the brain that are specialized for processing language.

Jul 18, 2022

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Artificial intelligence model finds potential drug molecules a thousand times faster

The entirety of the known universe is teeming with an infinite number of molecules.

Jul 12, 2022

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Hurricane-resistant construction may be undervalued by billions of dollars annually

In Florida, June typically marks the beginning of hurricane season. Preparation for a storm may appear as otherworldly as it is routine: businesses and homes…

Jul 11, 2022

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Intensive visiting nurse program doesn’t impact birth outcomes, says ongoing study

A new paper in the Journal of the American Medical Association found that Nurse-Family Partnership (NFP), a prenatal and early child home visiting program, did not improve birth outcomes for low-income mothers in South Carolina.

Jul 5, 2022

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Researchers pioneer a new way to detect microbial contamination in cell cultures

Researchers from the Critical Analytics For Manufacturing Personalized-Medicine (CAMP) interdisciplinary research group at the Singapore-MIT Alliance for…

Jun 29, 2022

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American Astronomical Society honors seven MIT affiliates with 2022 awards, prizes

Seven MIT community members have been honored with 2022 American Astronomical Society (AAS) prizes and awards.

Jun 8, 2022

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Study finds natural sources of air pollution exceed air quality guidelines in many regions

Alongside climate change, air pollution is one of the biggest environmental threats to human health.

Jun 7, 2022

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SMART researchers enable early-stage detection of microbial contamination in cell therapy

Researchers from the Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology (SMART), MIT’s research enterprise in Singapore, have identified a critical quality…

May 31, 2022

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MIT Climate and Sustainability Consortium announces recipients of inaugural MCSC Seed Awards

The MIT Climate and Sustainability Consortium (MCSC) has awarded 20 projects a total of $5 million over two years in its first-ever 2022 MCSC Seed Awards program.

May 23, 2022

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Energy storage important to creating affordable, reliable, deeply decarbonized electricity systems

In deeply decarbonized energy systems utilizing high penetrations of variable renewable energy (VRE), energy storage is needed to keep the lights on and the…

May 16, 2022

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MIT students and postdocs advocate for increased federal support of scientific research on Capitol Hill

Sixteen MIT students and postdocs recently traveled to Washington to advocate for federal funding of scientific research for the 2023 fiscal year.

May 12, 2022

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MIT expands research collaboration with Commonwealth Fusion Systems to build net energy fusion machine, SPARC

MIT’s Plasma Science and Fusion Center (PSFC) will substantially expand its fusion energy research and education activities under a new five-year agreement…

May 10, 2022

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Artificial intelligence system learns concepts shared across video, audio, and text

Humans observe the world through a combination of different modalities, like vision, hearing, and our understanding of language.

May 3, 2022

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Engineers use artificial intelligence to capture the complexity of breaking waves

Waves break once they swell to a critical height, before cresting and crashing into a spray of droplets and bubbles.

Apr 29, 2022