Tag: Science

Mathematicians are still trying to understand fundamental properties of the Fourier transform, one of their most ubiquitous and powerful tools. ...

MIT physicists observed the first clear evidence that quarks create a wake as they speed through quark-gluon plasma, confirming the ...

Columnist Natalie Wolchover checks in with particle physicists more than a decade after the field entered a profound crisis. The ...

Researchers uncover a hidden mechanism that allows cancer to develop aggressive mutations.

Primordial black holes could rewrite our understanding of dark matter and the early universe. A record-breaking detection at the bottom ...

New “biomimetic” model of brain circuits and function at multiple scales produced naturalistic dynamics and learning, and even identified curious ...

Researchers recorded the neurons that shape directional navigation as bats explored a remote island off the coast of Tanzania. The ...

New research detects hidden evidence of mistaken correlations — and provides a method to improve accuracy.

MIT researchers tested their theory of spatial computing, which holds that the brain recruits and controls ad hoc groups of ...

“MorphoChrome,” developed at MIT, pairs software with a handheld device to make everyday objects iridescent.