Researchers make air-stable, ultrathin superconductors, for more scalable quantum devices
MIT Newsby Adam Zewe | MIT News·19d ago
Super-thin superconducting materials, which are only one or a few atoms thick, have unique properties scientists can leverage to produce more compact, scalable, and efficient quantum devices.
34 Amazon Research Awards Build on Trainium recipients announced
Amazon Science Homepageby Amazon Research Awards team·19d ago
Build on Trainium is a $110 million credit program focused on AI research and university education aimed to support the next generation of innovation and development on AWS Trainium.
Scientists discover the brain cells that keep you motivated
Neuroscience News -- ScienceDaily·20d ago
Scientists discover the brain cells that keep you motivated Scientists have discovered brain cells that may help turn the expectation of a reward into the determination to keep going.
A light in the darkness • Klaus Neumann
Inside Storyby Administrator·20d ago
Mainz, of all places. Conservative, Catholic, comfortable Mainz, founded by Roman invaders more than 2000 years ago.
Reframing leadership as a design problem
History of MITby Matilda Bathurst | Department of Architecture·20d ago
When Nicholas de Monchaux became head of the Department of Architecture at the School of Architecture and Planning (SA+P) in 2020, he stepped into an unusual set of leadership conditions.
The benefits of medical AI assistance vary based on user expertise
History of MITby Adam Zewe | MIT News·21d ago
A one-size-fits-all approach likely isn’t the best strategy when designing artificial intelligence systems that assist users in disease diagnosis.
Your brain may be wired to regain lost weight
Neuroscience News -- ScienceDaily·21d ago
Your brain may be wired to regain lost weight - Date: - August 3, 2026 - Source: - The Conversation - Summary: - Weight loss is not simply a test of willpower.
Scientists may have found aging’s hidden trigger for brain disease
Neuroscience News -- ScienceDaily·22d ago
Scientists may have found aging’s hidden trigger for brain disease - Date: - August 3, 2026 - Source: - University of Cologne - Summary: - Scientists have identified a molecular switch that may...
Two new compounds could reveal hidden drivers of Alzheimer’s disease
Neuroscience News -- ScienceDaily·22d ago
Two new compounds could reveal hidden drivers of Alzheimer’s disease - Date: - August 3, 2026 - Source: - Vanderbilt University - Summary: - Vanderbilt researchers created the first selective...
Using reason, again and again
History of MITby Peter Dizikes | MIT News·23d ago
You probably think you are rational. Day to day, you try to “make the best possible use of the information available to you,” as MIT philosopher Brian Hedden PhD ’12 writes in his 2015 book...
Scientists discover why poor sleep may harm some brains more
Neuroscience News -- ScienceDaily·25d ago
Scientists discover why poor sleep may harm some brains more - Date: - July 31, 2026 - Source: - Edith Cowan University - Summary: - A gene involved in the brain’s overnight cleaning system may...
AI can tell if your brain is aging faster than you are
Neuroscience News -- ScienceDaily·25d ago
AI can tell if your brain is aging faster than you are - Date: - July 31, 2026 - Source: - University of California - San Francisco - Summary: - A person’s sleeping brain may reveal warning signs...
Scientists discover how obesity may fuel Alzheimer’s disease
Neuroscience News -- ScienceDaily·25d ago
Scientists discover how obesity may fuel Alzheimer’s disease - Date: - July 30, 2026 - Source: - Houston Methodist - Summary: - Researchers have uncovered a possible biological pathway connecting...
Connecting research to policy on Capitol Hill
History of MITby Science Policy Initiative·25d ago
This spring, 25 MIT students and postdocs traveled to Washington to meet with congressional staffers and advocate for sustained federal investment in scientific research.
How controllers from industrial machinery can coordinate multitask machine learning
Amazon Science Homepageby Theodore Vasiloudis·25d ago
Training a machine learning model to handle multiple objectives simultaneously is a bit like trying to follow GPS directions to several destinations at once: the routes often conflict, and...
Use a DIY Backyard Radio Rig to Trace the Mark of Dark Matter
IEEE Spectrumby David Schneider·26d ago
If you’re wondering what dark matter is, you’re not alone. Astronomers don’t know. But they’ve determined that this invisible material must be far more abundant than the stars and nebulas that they...
Cognitive Psychology Information and Resources
Psychology Blog·26d ago
David Webb BSc (Hons), MSc "Cognitive psychology is the study of how people perceive, learn, remember, and think about information."
Biological Psychology Information and Resources
Psychology Blog·26d ago
In the introduction to his acclaimed book on the subject, Dr. James W. Kalat notes that biological psychology is primarily concerned with brain activity as a means of studying the physiological...
MIT and Broad Institute researchers break diffraction barrier in super-resolution microscopy
MIT Newsby Danielle Randall Doughty | Department of Chemistry·26d ago
Researchers in the lab of Sam Peng, the Pfizer Inc. - Gerald Laubach Career Development Assistant Professor of Chemistry at MIT and a core institute member of the Broad Institute of MIT and...
A new benchmark for evaluating patient-facing health AI agents
Amazon Science Homepageby Korosh Vatanparvar; Ashutosh Joshi·26d ago
When a virtual patient in a benchmark scenario tells an AI agent they're feeling feverish, or hopeless, the difference between a safe response and an unsafe one often comes down to clinical design...
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