Desalination system could produce freshwater that is cheaper than tap water(news.mit.edu)

275 points by abathur 3 years ago | 162 comments

How the brain's activity, energy use and blood flow change as people fall asleep(massgeneralbrigham.org)

146 points by XzetaU8 1 year ago | 81 comments

Solar-powered desalination system requires no extra batteries(news.mit.edu)

98 points by bentocorp 1 year ago | 32 comments

MIT class project turns into an FDA-cleared treatment for tremors(news.mit.edu)

260 points by zdw 14 days ago | 53 comments

MIT News article on Encora Therapeutics, whose FDA-cleared wristband for treating tremors began as a project in MIT's 2.009 product-design class.

Shutting down nuclear power could increase air pollution: study(news.mit.edu)

158 points by hhs 3 years ago | 109 comments

MIT physicists improve the precision of atomic clocks(news.mit.edu)

88 points by pykello 1 year ago | 39 comments

Improving deep sleep may prevent dementia, study finds(monash.edu)

418 points by clouddrover 3 years ago | 381 comments

Monash University news article reporting a study finding that each 1% yearly loss of deep sleep in people over 60 is linked to a 27% higher dementia risk.

MIT Study Finds AI Use Reprograms the Brain, Leading to Cognitive Decline(publichealthpolicyjournal.com)

438 points by cainxinth 1 year ago | 432 comments

Article reporting on an MIT study claiming that using AI tools like ChatGPT alters brain activity and leads to cognitive decline.

LLMs use a surprisingly simple mechanism to retrieve some stored knowledge(news.mit.edu)

336 points by CharlesW 2 years ago | 121 comments

MIT News article on research showing LLMs often retrieve stored facts via simple linear functions, and a technique to probe what a model knows about subjects.

AI tools are spotting errors in research papers(nature.com)

555 points by kgwgk 1 year ago | 200 comments

Nature news article on a growing movement using AI and large language models to detect errors in research papers, sparked by a flawed black plastic utensils study.

Human brains are preconfigured with instructions for understanding the world(news.ucsc.edu)

414 points by XzetaU8 11 months ago | 284 comments

UC Santa Cruz news article reporting research suggesting early developing human brains are preconfigured with instructions for understanding the world.

New research suggests people can communicate and practice skills while dreaming(newyorker.com)

432 points by XzetaU8 5 months ago | 255 comments

New Yorker essay by Shayla Love on research showing people can communicate and practice skills while dreaming, and whether we should learn in sleep.