MIT Professor Susumu Tonegawa, renowned molecular biologist and Nobel laureate, dies at 86

Tonegawa made landmark discoveries about how the immune system generates antibody diversity and how the brain forms memories.

Tonegawa made landmark discoveries about how the immune system generates antibody diversity and how the brain forms memories.

A new study adds evidence that electric fields in the brain help to organize and shape underlying neural activity via “ephaptic coupling.”

Scientists find that learning to identify a new object subtly reshapes visual processing in the brain.

Neuroscientists find logical reasoning does not involve language-processing parts of the brain.

A simple brain circuit measures objects’ distance from the body using touch signals from a rodent’s whiskers, MIT scientists find.

A new study reveals that parts of the brain located far from the canonical language-processing centers are also involved in language comprehension.

“Scientific American” showcases the history and future of America’s scientific engine, highlighting promising young scientists and icons at MIT and beyond.

A new study shows people expect reciprocal generosity only in interactions with friends or others of equal social status.

Heiman, who studies neurodegenerative diseases such as Huntington’s and Parkinson’s, will lead the institute beginning July 1.

New MRI sensors developed at MIT sensitively detect target molecules in the brain and body.

Brain cells take in many signals through thousands of circuit connections. A new study discerns the rules that turn inputs into a functional arrangement for neurons that process vision.

Six MIT faculty, along with 10 additional alumni, are recognized by their peers for their outstanding contributions to research in the natural and social sciences.

Computational neuroscientist Sven Dorkenwald and cell biologist Whitney Henry, along with two MIT alumni, are recognized for their exceptional early-career research contributions.

The brain’s language network is still evolving in adolescence. But by age 4, language processing is already handled by the left side of the brain, new research finds.

MIT researchers created tiny 3D photonic devices with features small enough to channel visible light.