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Joined April 2010
From nematode to Nobel: How an unassuming roundworm has illuminated aspects of biology with major consequences for human health. https://t.co/AGYw9SZ6gA
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For decades, scientists with big questions about biology have found answers in a tiny worm. That worm–a millimeter-long creature called Caenorhabditis elegans–has helped researchers uncover fundame...
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The @PNASNews paper by @ev_fedorenko @LanguageMIT + former @mitbrainandcog @ScienceMIT postdocs Sammy Floyd and @OlessiaJour 👇 https://t.co/mQtXLbc4h4
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Successful communication requires frequent inferences. Such inferences span a multitude of phenomena: from understanding metaphors, to detecting ir...
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The team looked for signs of potassium anomalies in rocks from Greenland and Canada and in lava deposits collected from Hawaii, where volcanoes have brought up some of the Earth’s earliest, deepest materials
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Scientists have discovered extremely rare remnants of “proto Earth,” which formed about 4.5 billion years ago, before a colossal impact irreversibly altered the primitive planet’s composition and...
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LIVE: Watch @Astro_ChrisW launch aboard a Soyuz rocket to the @Space_Station, scheduled to lift off at 4:27am ET (0927 UTC).
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MIT physicists confirm that, 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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A new MIT study illustrates how the brain’s executive control center tailors messages via specific circuits with other brain regions to influence them with information about behavior and internal feelings https://t.co/jHq2283HkQ
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A new MIT study illustrates how areas within the brain’s executive control center tailor their messages in specific circuits with other brain regions to influence them with information about behavior...
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Over the past 25 years, 100s of researchers have been trained in our labs and @SfNtweets annual conference provides a unique opportunity for our alumni to reconnect. Here are a few of our fabulous researchers, past and present, in San Diego last week!
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When an asteroid threatens Earth, astronomers use Richard Binzel's Torino scale to communicate the risk via @newscientist
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When an asteroid threatens Earth, astronomers use a rating called the Torino scale to communicate the risk. Richard Binzel, who invented the scale, tells New Scientist about his 50-year career in...
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A cellular atlas developed by MIT researchers details the dynamic diversity of astrocytes and provides a framework for exploring how these ⭐️shaped cells contribute to brain development, function & disease. https://t.co/CtzZCiVK5r Stunning astrocyte image courtesy of @meschro
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When it comes to brain function, neurons get a lot of the glory. But healthy brains depend on the cooperation of many kinds of cells. The most abundant of the brain’s non-neuronal cells are astrocy...
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Congrats to EAPS Professor Richard Binzel for being recognized by the AASL last week with a Barry Prize for Distinguished Intellectual Achievement!
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How might vulnerabilities to disruptions in global #food trade impact countries' food security by 2050? MIT CS3 Research Scientist Kenneth Strzepek and colleagues from @IFPRI present latest findings at an IFPRI policy seminar in Washington D.C. https://t.co/so2GFDv71X
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Our fourth LIGO @ego_virgo @KAGRA_PR observing run has now drawn to a close. We will be busy analysing data for a while to come—watch out for more discovery announcements. We will be back next year
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Ten years later, LIGO is a black-hole hunting machine.
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Ten years ago, LIGO made the first direct detection of gravitational waves. Today, the collaborating LIGO, Virgo, and Kagra detectors have captured about 300 black hole mergers, including a new event...
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"This is maybe the first direct evidence that we’ve preserved the proto Earth materials," says @eapsMIT Assistant Professor Nicole Nie
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Scientists have discovered extremely rare remnants of “proto Earth,” which formed about 4.5 billion years ago, before a colossal impact irreversibly altered the primitive planet’s composition and...
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Join EAPS Professor Julien de Wit online THIS Thursday, Nov 20, to learn how exoplanetary science is powering planetary defense! The MIT Alumni Forum is a FREE series for alumni and current students and postdocs. Register here: https://t.co/F9mDFVb3Dy
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We are so excited that @HalieOlson has been recognized by @_TheTransmitter as a rising star in neuroscience! On top of her scientific accomplishments, Halie is a beloved mentor and community builder at MIT. Congrats, Halie - you make us proud! 🤩 https://t.co/gK3dju7I4d
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Alnylam Pharmaceuticals has established a named fund in honor of its co-founder, an MIT Institute Professor and Nobel laureate. The Phil Sharp-Alnylam Fund for Emerging Scientists will support MIT biology graduate students and faculty. @Alnylam
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Palantir is proud to be the official software partner of America’s Game. Army V. Navy 3PM on CBS 12/13/25 Presented by USAA
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Led by Frederick George Keyes Professor of Chemistry Danna Freedman (@danna_freedman), the MIT Quantum Initiative is taking shape, leveraging quantum breakthroughs to drive the future of scientific and technological progress. https://t.co/z3Mq4MRguc
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Become a planetary explorer! Join EAPS Professor Richard Binzel on a tour of our solar system, scaled to the length of the Infinite Corridor. This is event is FREE! Sign up before space runs out:
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