A new study reveals that our brains separate “stuff” like water and sand from “things” like balls or tools, using specialized circuits in the visual cortex.

MIT’s quantum experiment validates Bohr’s theory and disproves Einstein’s local realism using ultracold atoms and single ...

Researchers at MIT have conducted what they are calling the most "idealized" double-slit experiment yet, finding further ...

Imagine a ball bouncing down a flight of stairs. Now think about a cascade of water flowing down those same stairs. The ball ...

Salt creeping, a phenomenon that occurs in both natural and industrial processes, describes the collection and migration of ...

The mechanism that allows the US federal government to regulate climate change is on the chopping block. On Tuesday, US ...

Simon Johnson, a Nobel-winning economist at MIT, says AI innovations can produce productivity gains, but not everyone will ...

The result is a chip that delivers much lower error rates—about one-quarter the usual amount—with the added benefit of being ...

A baby was born on Saturday who had developed from an embryo that had been in storage for over 30 years, according to MIT ...

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Regional Entrepreneurship Acceleration Program (MIT REAP) coaches regions around ...

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In Texas, where renewable energy is booming, data center emissions fell by up to 40% in the MIT modeling of flexible data ...