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WEBNewsweek. A new study by MIT researchers suggests that “Mars’ missing atmosphere may be locked up in the planet’s clay-rich surface,” reports Tom Howarth for Newsweek. “According to the researchers, ancient water trickling through Mars' rocks could have triggered a series of chemical reactions, converting CO2 into methane and trapping ...
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WEB1 day ago — A fast and flexible approach to help doctors annotate medical scans. “ScribblePrompt” is an interactive AI framework that can efficiently highlight anatomical structures across different medical scans, assisting medical workers to delineate regions of interest and abnormalities. September 9, 2024. Read full story.
Study: On Twitter, false news travels faster than true stories
WEBMar 8, 2018 — Instead, false news speeds faster around Twitter due to people retweeting inaccurate news items. “When we removed all of the bots in our dataset, [the] differences between the spread of false and true news stood,”says Soroush Vosoughi, a co-author of the new paper and a postdoc at LSM whose PhD research helped give …
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WEB1 day ago — Research quantifying “nociception” could help improve management of surgical pain. New statistical models based on physiological data from more than 100 surgeries provide objective, accurate measures of the body’s subconscious perception of pain. September 24, 2024. Read full story.
A prosthesis driven by the nervous system helps people with
WEBJul 1, 2024 — With a new surgical intervention and neuroprosthetic interface, MIT researchers restored a natural walking gait in people with amputations below the knee. Seven patients were able to walk faster, avoid obstacles, and climb stairs more naturally than people with a traditional amputation.
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AI agents help explain other AI systems | MIT News
WEBJan 3, 2024 — Facilitating this timely endeavor, researchers from MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) have developed a novel approach that uses AI models to conduct experiments on other systems and explain their behavior. Their method uses agents built from pretrained language models to produce intuitive explanations of ...
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WEBAug 28, 2024 — Creating and verifying stable AI-controlled systems in a rigorous and flexible way. Neural network controllers provide complex robots with stability guarantees, paving the way for the safer deployment of autonomous vehicles and industrial machines. July 17, 2024. Read full story.
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WEBAug 15, 2024 — Christine Ortiz named director of MIT Technology and Policy Program. Ortiz is an internationally recognized researcher in biotechnology and biomaterials, advanced and additive manufacturing, and sustainable and socially-directed materials design. August 15, 2024. Read full story.
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WEBSep 16, 2024 — MIT spinout Arnasi begins applying LiquiGlide no-stick technology to help patients. The company that brought you no-stick toothpaste is moving into the medical space, with a lubricant for ostomy pouches and other products that could improve millions of lives. July 30, 2024. Read full story.