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May 27, 2025
Overlooked cells might explain the human brain’s huge storage capacity
MIT researchers have a new hypothesis for how brain cells called astrocytes might contribute to memory storage in the brain. Their model, would help explain the brain’s massive storage capacity.
May 27, 2025 The proud history and promising future of MIT’s work on manufacturingMIT’s Initiative for New Manufacturing extends a deep Institute legacy of expanding US growth and jobs through industrial production.
May 27, 2025 MIT mechanical engineering course invites students to “build with biology”MIT course 2.797/2.798 (Molecular Cellular and Tissue Biomechanics) teaches students about the role that mechanics plays in biology, with a focus on biomechanics and mechanobiology.
May 27, 2025 MIT announces the Initiative for New ManufacturingThe Institute-wide effort aims to bolster industry and create jobs by driving innovation across vital manufacturing sectors.
May 20, 2025 Technique rapidly measures cells’ density, reflecting health and developmental stateMIT Researchers have found a way to measure cell density quickly and accurately, that could help predict whether immunotherapies will work in a patient or how a tumor will respond to drug treatment.
