An implantable device could enable injection-free control of diabetes(news.mit.edu)

133 points by thebigspacefuck 3 years ago | 29 comments

Undergraduates with family income below $200k will be tuition-free at MIT(news.mit.edu)

637 points by gnabgib 1 year ago | 393 comments

MIT News article announcing that starting in 2025, MIT undergraduates with family income below $200,000 will attend tuition-free under expanded financial aid.

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

275 points by abathur 3 years ago | 162 comments

A step toward fully 3D-printed active electronics(news.mit.edu)

180 points by gmays 2 years ago | 71 comments

Gene-silencing tool shows promise as a future therapy against prion diseases(news.mit.edu)

203 points by gmays 2 years ago | 61 comments

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

88 points by pykello 1 year ago | 39 comments

Tinnitus linked to undetected auditory nerve damage(scitechdaily.com)

750 points by beefman 2 years ago | 401 comments

SciTechDaily article reporting Mass Eye and Ear research linking tinnitus to hidden auditory nerve damage undetected by standard hearing tests.

MIT leaders describe the experience of not renewing Elsevier contract(sparcopen.org)

498 points by nabla9 2 years ago | 173 comments

SPARC resource profiling how MIT Libraries handled ending its Big Deal subscription contract with Elsevier, part of its unbundling profiles knowledge base.

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.

CDC orders mass retraction and revision of submitted research(insidemedicine.substack.com)

748 points by KittenInABox 1 year ago | 513 comments

Inside Medicine Substack post by Jeremy Faust reporting that the CDC ordered retraction or revision of submitted manuscripts containing banned terms like gender and LGBT.

What's happening inside the NIH and NSF(science.org)

861 points by rrock 1 year ago | 1303 comments

Derek Lowe's In the Pipeline blog post on Science.org about current events and turmoil inside the NIH and NSF, dated February 4, 2025.

Utah to let AI examine patients and prescribe medication without human oversight(techspot.com)

117 points by healsdata 20 days ago | 115 comments

TechSpot news article reporting that Utah will pilot letting AI examine patients and prescribe medication without direct human oversight.