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Polina Anikeeva named head of the Department of Materials Science and Engineering

Person with prosthetic leg walks up a staircase.

A prosthesis driven by the nervous system helps people with amputation walk naturally

MIT scientists learn how to control muscles with light

Two rows of brain scans with a line graph in between.

Reevaluating an approach to functional brain imaging

Microscopic image of cells in the mouse intestine.

Beyond the brain

A new way to see the activity inside a living cell

A scientists stretches fibers in a lab.

A multifunctional tool for cognitive neuroscience

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A scientists stretches fibers in a lab.

A multifunctional tool for cognitive neuroscience

A blue glowing fiber in darkness. The fiber is held by finger and seems to light up with it touches another hand.

Soft optical fibers block pain while moving and stretching with the body

Aerial view of Grand Prismatic, Yellowstone National Park

Nature: An unexpected source of innovative tools to study the brain

Making invisible therapy targets visible