Across mammalian species, brain waves are slower in deep cortical layers, while superficial layers generate faster rhythms.

A collaborative hub founded by philanthropist Lisa Yang will catalyze academic innovation and result in real-world, global impact.

An interdisciplinary team of researchers thinks health AI could benefit from some of the aviation industry’s long history of hard-won lessons.

Ian Waitz describes the three-year contract that will change and enhance MIT’s graduate student policies and procedures.

A renowned classical musician and MIT faculty member for more than two decades, Buttrick taught and performed extensively around the world.

Professor Jessika Trancik underscores the importance of government policy in supporting the transition to electric vehicles. “Policy is needed to make EVs widely accessible to people while the technology and markets continue to mature,” writes Trancik, “and to ensure the process moves quickly enough to help slow the build-up of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere.”

A study co-authored by MIT scientists suggests “the absence of carbon dioxide in a rocky planet’s atmosphere — relative to others in the same star system — may indicate the presence of liquid water on the planet’s surface.”