Is love even? artificial real? As artificial intelligence continues to make waves in our increasingly digitized world, with robots taking over traditionally human jobs, a new "AI" is emerging as…
When Rodney Brooks talks about robotics and artificial intelligence, you should listen. Currently Panasonic Emeritus Professor of Robotics at MIT, he also co-founded three key companies, including Rethink Robotics, iRobot…
from Elizabeth A. Thomson, MIT Materials Research Laboratory June 28, 2024An artist's rendering of a newly discovered superhighway for electrons that can appear in rhombohedral graphene. "We've found a gold…
The surface of Titan. Simulations by geologists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology show that the lakes and seas of Titan, Saturn's largest moon, were shaped by wave-driven erosion. Credit:…
Summary: Mental maps in the brain are activated when we think about sequences of experiences, even without physical movement. In an animal study, they found that the entorhinal cortex contains…
Image of a primordial black hole forming in a sea of hot, colorfully charged quarks and gluons a fraction of a second after the Big Bang. Credit: Kaca BradonichIn the…
Summary: Researchers have developed a new approach to muscle control using light instead of electricity. This optogenetic technique enables more precise muscle control and significantly reduces fatigue in mice. Although…
MIT astronomers have discovered three of the oldest stars in the universe, and they live in our own galactic neighborhood. The stars are in the Milky Way's 'halo' - the…
Astronomers have discovered a giant, low-density planet called WASP-193b, which is 50% larger than Jupiter but has the density of cotton candy. This discovery challenges existing theories of planet formation.…
Summary: Researchers have introduced a new bioluminescence detection technique to image deep brain structures, bypassing the challenge of light scattering. This method involves engineering the brain's blood vessels to dilate…