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Network can protect users’ anonymity if all but one of its servers are compromised.
Biologists find a possible explanation for why the drug helps bipolar patients.
Analysis of ant colony behavior could yield better algorithms for network communication.
PhD student Cauam Cardoso assesses technologies that aim to help the world’s poor.
New study suggests that musical tastes are cultural in origin, not hardwired in the brain.
Batches of shoebox-sized satellites could improve estimates of Earth’s reflected energy.
By studying how people from different cultures respond to consonant and dissonant chords, MIT researchers have found that musical tastes may be rooted in cultural origins, not biology, writes Sarah Kaplan for The Washington Post. The results “underscore the degree of variation that exists across cultures in terms of how people hear and evaluate music," explains Prof. Josh McDermott.
CNN reporter Sara Ashley O’Brien writes that CSAIL researchers have demonstrated that a robot could help schedule tasks in a hospital’s labor and delivery unit. The researchers trained a robot to understand a nurse’s scheduling decisions and “90% of the time the Nao robot made suggestions that doctors and nurses carried out.”
In a New York Times column, MITEI researcher Howard Herzog argues that carbon capture should be part of a portfolio of low-carbon energy options used to tackle climate change. “The magnitude of the climate challenge is so large, we need as many options as possible, including renewables, nuclear and carbon capture,” writes Herzog.
More than 600 attend event emphasizing commitment to “stand together against injustice, intolerance, and hatred.”
Professor emeritus helped launch field of information theory and developed early time-sharing computers.
From proton packs to hidden props, the 2016 blockbuster draws upon MIT personalities and scientific panache.
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