Scientists at MIT and Vanderbilt discovered how anesthesia impairs the brain's predictive cognition by disrupting communication between sensory and cognitive regions.

MIT researchers developed magnetic nanodiscs for non-invasive brain stimulation, potentially offering an alternative to surgical treatments for neurological disorders.

MIT and TU Delft researchers developed a dual-nozzle 3D printing method allowing efficient, waste-reducing production of customized, multicolored, and textured objects through speed-modulated ironing.

MIT study finds human-caused mercury emissions are declining by 10% over the Northern Hemisphere from 2005-2020, challenging previous reports of increases.

MIT engineers developed a battery-free, solar-powered desalination system that adapts to sunlight changes and can produce 5,000 liters of clean water daily.

Two Massachusetts professors won the Nobel Prize in medicine for their groundbreaking discovery of microRNA, advancing genetics and disease treatment.

MIT researchers found that the cancer drug 5-FU works by interfering with RNA, not DNA synthesis, as was long believed, particularly in gastrointestinal cancers.

UMass Amherst's Professor Alexandra Pope leads a NASA-selected team to develop the PRIMA space mission, aimed at studying unexplored cosmic wavelengths and advancing our understanding of the universe's evolution.

MIT's CSAIL has developed an AI-based simulation improvement for various fields using smarter low-discrepancy sampling techniques, enhancing accuracy with GNNs.

MIT researchers have developed a silicon-based "tractor beam" on a chip that manipulates biological particles such as DNA and cells remotely, which could revolutionize experiments and disease diagnostics.

NASA's Voyager 2 has turned off its PLS instrument to save energy after 47 years in space, with MIT reflecting on the mission's discoveries and its future scientific goals.

MIT researchers have introduced 'Future You,' an AI that lets people converse with their projected future selves to improve long-term decision-making.

MIT engineers developed a robotic technology called Clio that helps robots focus and interact more efficiently with their environment by filtering out unnecessary visual information.