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Language development in the brain

Brighter MRI signals

Powerful shrinking technique could enable devices that compute with light

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MIT Scientists Sven Dorkenwald and Whitney Henry named 2026 Searle Scholars

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Michale Fee and Fan Wang Elected to the National Academy of Sciences

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A different reality

Three men stand on a makeshift staircase in a cluttered lab setting.

Turning muscles into motors gives static organs new life

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Three men stand on a makeshift staircase in a cluttered lab setting.

Turning muscles into motors gives static organs new life

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Learning with audiobooks

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Brain circuit needed to incorporate new information may be linked to schizophrenia

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Three anesthesia drugs all have the same effect in the brain, MIT researchers find