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Scientists have detected a near and ultrabright fast radio burst some 130 million light-years from Earth
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Astronomers detected the brightest fast radio burst ever seen. The dazzling “RBFLOAT” radio burst, originating nearby in the Ursa Major constellation, offers the clearest view yet of the environment...
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A new approach from researchers in @MITMath can reveal the features AI models use to predict proteins that might make good drug or vaccine targets
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MIT researchers used sparse autoencoders to shed light on the inner workings of protein language models, an advance that could streamline the process of identifying new drugs or vaccine targets.
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RT @MIT: MIT physicists have discovered a material that’s both a superconductor and a magnet, something scientists thought was nearly impos….
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MIT scientists were surprised to discover a “chiral superconductor” — a material that conducts electricity without resistance, and also, paradoxically, is magnetic — in rhombohedral graphene.
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Graduate student Megan Masterson, "James Webb whisperer of the moment," discusses her new black hole research via @batchelorshow
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"We consider water to be required for life because that is what’s needed for Earth life. But if we look at a more general definition, we see that what we need is a liquid in which metabolism for life can take place," says Rachana Agrawal, @eapsMIT postdoc
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New research by MIT scientists raises the possibility that a so-called ionic liquid could support life in worlds without water. Lab experiments show that ionic liquids can form from chemical ingred...
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Bitcoin’s on fire at $112K! Time to flip the charts on BTCC!.Exploring Cryptocurrency with Jaren Jackson Jr.🏀.
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RT @ChemistryMIT: Researchers in the Raines Lab, in collaboration with researchers at Harvard, have developed a fast-acting, cell-permeable….
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Like Superman, light has two identities that are impossible to see at once
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MIT physicists performed an idealized version of the double-slit experiment, stripping it to its quantum essentials. They confirmed that light exists as both a wave and a particle but cannot be...
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RT @mcgovernmit: MIT neuroscientists have identified parts of the brain’s visual cortex that respond preferentially when we look at “things….
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RT @WhiteheadInst: Advice from postdoc Alisa White in @PageLabXY: "Don’t get married to any one idea. You could accidentally get an interes….
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RT @MIT: The James Webb Space Telescope has observed several tidal disruption events — when a black hole draws in a nearby star and tears i….
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RT @MIT_Picower: 🧠 New research finding: Astrocytes ensure neural information processing by maintaining ambient levels of the neurotransmit….
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MIT researchers employed a novel application of tools and analysis to show that astrocytes ensure neural information processing by maintaining ambient levels of the neurotransmitter chemical GABA.
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RT @MIT: Meet the chemist who’s reimagining how we build molecules, one tiny tweak at a time. Alison Wendlandt is pioneering new ways to co….
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MIT chemist Alison Wendlandt designs tools to create mirror-image molecules known as enantiomers. Her group also works on changing molecules into different isomers, with an atom or chemical group in...
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RT @ChemistryMIT: "How do we take complex ideas like pandemics, vaccines, and cancer pathways and make them accessible and amenable to each….
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RT @MIT: QS ranks MIT the world’s No. 1 university for 2025-26. This is the 14th year in a row MIT has received this distinction. https://t….
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MIT was named the top university in the world in the QS World University Rankings for the 14th straight year. The Institute was also ranked the world’s top university in 11 subject areas.
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MIT chemists have shown that they can boost the efficiency of a bacterial version of rubisco, a key enzyme in photosynthesis
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MIT chemists showed they can greatly boost the efficiency of a bacterial version of rubisco, a key enzyme in photosynthesis. Using directed evolution, they identified mutations that could boost its...
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RT @eapsMIT: Did anyone in Massachusetts spot a red rainbow over the weekend? 🌈 MIT Wallace Astrophysical Observatory Director Mike Person….
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RT @ChemistryMIT: In this Graduate Student Spotlight, Camryn Carter shares the food she craves most often, the skill she'd like to master,….
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RT @PardonMyTake: Tuesday night max woke Big Cat up with a flashlight at 2am because he thought we were going to get sued. @forthepeople ht….
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RT @mit_cs3: Am I Blue? Green? Something in Between? Some marine photoplankton can adapt to changing light, altering #ocean #ecosystems and….
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RT @mcgovernmit: Congrats to molecular biologist Feng Zhang @zhangf for being elected to @EMBO membership! He is among 69 new members recog….
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The European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO), a professional non-profit organization dedicated to promoting international research in life sciences, announced its new members today. Among the...
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RT @MIT: Summer is the perfect time to curl up with a good book — and MIT authors have had much to offer in the past year. The following ti….
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A summer reading list features books by MIT faculty and staff that were published from July 2024 to June 2025.
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