Winter 2018
Plumbing the Depths of Neural Nets
On a quest to demystify deep learning, Tomaso Poggio glimpses tantalizing implications for human intelligence
Topics: Discovery Science
Winter 2018
The MIT Intelligence Quest
New Institute-wide initiative will advance human and machine intelligence research
Fall 2017
Why Do You Ask?
The power of wanting to know
Questions
Fall 2017
How Does Water Behave at the Nanoscale?
Hint: not how you’d expect
Fall 2017
How Can We Defeat the Growing Threat of Antibiotic Resistance?
For MIT researchers working to hold the line against infection, step one is to know your enemy
Fall 2017
How Does the Brain Connect Smells with Behaviors?
For Gloria Choi, olfactory cues are a gateway to some of the brain’s greatest mysteries
Fall 2017
What Planets Beyond Our Solar System May Harbor Life?
The TESS mission will scan our cosmic neighborhood to identify 50 top candidates
Spring 2017
Seeing the Light
Aging Brain Initiative researchers discover a potential Alzheimer’s therapy
Spring 2017
Hidden Tides
The effects of huge, undersea waves run deep
Winter 2017
Growing Knowledge
Using cancer cells to study neural development