Neural nets + why local elections matter + vulnerable species

In a recent discussion, individuals from around MIT describe why every vote in state and local elections matters.

New analysis takes account of natural fluctuations and predictability to assess which parts of an ecosystem are most threatened by climate change and other disruptions.

Elizabeth Ricker ’07 wants to remind us that the human brain is infinitely varied―and perhaps, infinitely modifiable.

A new machine-learning system can simulate how a listener would hear a sound from any point in a room.

Landmark Bio, a cell and gene therapy manufacturing firm co-founded by MIT and a number of other local institutions, is aimed at “helping small startups figure out how to make their experimental therapies reliably, consistently, and in big enough quantities to use in clinical trials.”

MIT researchers developed a magnet-based system to monitor muscle movements that could make help make prosthetic limbs easier to control.