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Polina Anikeeva named 2024 Blavatnik Award Finalist

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

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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

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A new way to see the activity inside a living cell

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A multifunctional tool for cognitive neuroscience

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

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