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MIT neuroscientist Mark Bear’s research focuses on brain plasticity, with particular attention to the synapses that connect neurons in the brain.

NIH announces MIT professors Ariel Furst and Fan Wang have won grants in the 2023 High Risk, High Reward Research program.

If you watch a child gaze in wonder at the flickering candle on their first birthday cake, it's clear something is going on behind those big, innocent eyes.

Twelve researchers with MIT ties were elected to the National Academy of Medicine for 2023, including five MIT faculty — Daniel G. Anderson, Regina Barzilay, Guoping Feng, Darrell J. Irvine, Morgan Sheng — and seven additional affiliates.

Boston MA (SPX) Oct 05, 2023 - Imagine grasping a heavy object, like a pipe wrench, with one hand. You would likely grab the wrench using your entire fingers, not just your fingertips. Sensory receptors in your skin, which run al

How many ads is too many? Do users spend more time on sites with fewer ads? We ran an experiment to find out, with unexpected results.

In C. elegans worms, a single neuron named HSN uses multiple chemicals and connections to orchestrate egg-laying and locomotion over the course of several minutes, an MIT study finds.

As of 2003, psychologist Steven Pinker holds the post of Johnstone Family Professor in the Harvard University Department of Psychology. Prior to this ap...

A new study finds complexin is a key protein for regulating neural communication. New research finds neurons stochastically generated up to eight different versions of complexin release, which could vary how they communicate with other cells.

For the past 10 years, MIT students who are members of dynaMIT have taught middle schoolers from under-resourced Boston-area schools vital STEM principles through a variety of games, experiments, and activities. Months of planning by the 24 club memb