The process of reverse osmosis has proven to be the state-of-the-art method for removing salt from seawater and increasing access to clean water.
Researchers in the Department of Neurosurgery at Yale School of Medicine have discovered the immune-mediated pathobiological process underlying two common types of acquired hydrocephalus.
Since Russell and Burch (1959) suggested the principles of replacement, reduction, and refinement (3Rs) as a foundation for animal research, their influence has only grown in the research community.
A Yale School of Public Health study has found that older persons with mild cognitive impairment (MCI), a common type of memory loss, were 30% more likely to regain normal cognition if they had taken in positive beliefs about aging from their culture, compared to those who had taken in negative beliefs.
Researchers at MIT are digging deeper into why touch stimuli can sometimes decrease pain.
Researchers at MIT and Harvard University have developed a new technique to manipulate neuron activity that could help better understand brain processes and disorders and help develop targeted therapies for neurological conditions.
MIT CSAIL scientists created an algorithm to solve one of the hardest tasks in computer vision: assigning a label to every pixel in the world, without human supervision.
A new machine-learning system may someday help driverless cars predict the next moves of nearby drivers, cyclists, and pedestrians in real-time.
MIT engineers Edward Adelson and Sandra Liu duo develop a robotic gripper with rich sensory capabilities.
Study finds genome loops don’t last long in cells; theories of how loops control gene expression may need to be revised.
A new technique compares the reasoning of a machine-learning model to that of a human, so the user can see patterns in the model’s behavior.
MIT researchers design a robot that has a trick or two up its sleeve.
An efficient machine-learning method uses chemical knowledge to create a learnable grammar with production rules to build synthesizable monomers and polymers.
Marine archaeologists from Lund University in Sweden have found exotic spices such as black pepper, cloves, ginger and saffron on the royal warship Gribshunden, that belonged to the Danish King Hans.
A new technique could enable a robot to manipulate squishy objects like pizza dough or soft materials like clothing.
Is it possible to know exactly where to point a microscope in order to capture the precise moment a bacterium or a virus infects a cell?
Researchers from Lund University in Sweden have discovered higher levels of immune proteins in the blood before and after an epileptic seizure.
Exercising too much and not getting enough rest is bad for your health.
Dense urban areas amplify the effects of higher temperatures, due to the phenomenon of heat islands in cities.
A species of ordinary gut bacteria that we all carry flourishes when the intestinal flora is knocked out by a course of antibiotics