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1 giorno fa · New MIT research offers a possible explanation for how the brain learns to identify both color and black-and-white images. The researchers found evidence that early in life, when the retina is unable to process color information, the brain learns to distinguish objects based on luminance, rather than color.
3 giorni fa · Scientists discover a new way of sharing genetic information in a common ocean microbe. Prochlorococcus, the world’s most abundant photosynthetic organism, reveals a gene-transfer mechanism that may be key to its abundance and diversity. January 5, 2023. Read full story.
2 giorni fa · Caption: This schematic figure depicts the precession of an accretion disk formed from the debris of a disrupted star around a supermassive black hole (SMBH). ). The left panel shows the precession phase when the accretion disk is close to an edge-on configuration, which results in the smaller disk area being observed and thus lower lumino
1 giorno fa · When some people with autism spectrum disorders experience an infection that sparks a fever, their autism-related symptoms seem to improve. A joint MIT Picower Institute/Harvard Medical School study will investigate the “fever effect” in an effort to devise therapies that mimic its beneficial effects.
2 giorni fa · Three MIT alumni graduate from NASA astronaut training. Marcos Berríos ’06, Christina Birch PhD ’15, and Christopher Williams PhD ’12, now eligible for spaceflight assignments, encourage MIT students to apply for the next astronaut class. March 7, 2024. Read full story.
2 giorni fa · MIT design would harness 40 percent of the sun’s heat to produce clean hydrogen fuel. Conventional systems for producing hydrogen depend on fossil fuels, but the new system uses only solar energy. October 16, 2023. Read full story.
14 mag 2024 · For 10th consecutive year, the Institute ranks No. 2 among all colleges and No. 1 among colleges with one main campus, underlying the impact of innovation and critical role of technology transfer. April 11, 2024
