New dataset of “illusory” faces reveals differences between human and algorithmic face detection, links to animal face recognition, and a formula predicting where people most often perceive faces.
A new study shows Mars’ early thick atmosphere could be locked up in the planet’s clay surface.
Elemind, founded by researchers from MIT, has developed a headband that uses acoustic stimulation to move people into a sleep state.
New statistical models based on physiological data from more than 100 surgeries provide objective, accurate measures of the body’s subconscious perception of pain.
By analyzing X-ray crystallography data, the model could help researchers develop new materials for many applications, including batteries and magnets.
At the cutting edge of pedagogy, Mary Ellen Wiltrout has shaped blended and online learning at MIT and beyond.
The major effort to accelerate practical climate change solutions launches as its mission directors meet the Institute community.
EAPS PhD student Jared Bryan found a way to use his research on earthquakes to help understand exoplanet migration.
With the help of MIT’s online resources, Doğa Kürkçüoğlu, now a staff scientist at Fermilab, was able to pursue his passion for physics.
Watching for changes in the Red Planet’s orbit over time could be new way to detect passing dark matter.
New research suggests neurons protect and preserve certain information through a dedicated zone of stable synapses.
MIT scientists’ discovery yields a potent immune response, could be used to develop a potential tumor vaccine.
In the universe’s first billion years, this brief and mysterious force could have produced more bright galaxies than theory predicts.
Professor Ronald Prinn reflects on how far sustainability has come as a discipline, and where it all began at MIT.
Martin Luther King Jr. Visiting Professors and Scholars enhance community through engagement with MIT students and faculty.