Current methods to check for increased pressure in a patient’s brain are invasive. One widely used technique is to drill a hole in the skull to insert a catheter or sensor into the brain tissue. Because of the risk of brain injury and…

An experimentalist who focused on fundamental atomic physics

This October, Boston will celebrate its technology, art, and culture at HUBweek, an eight-day festival showcasing what is best about this city. A collaboration of MIT, The Boston Globe, Harvard University, and Massachusetts General Hospital…

Fibrous protein clumps known as amyloids are most often associated with diseases such as Alzheimer’s disease, where they form characteristic plaques in the brain. Scientists first described amyloids about 150 years ago; they have since been…

When you remember a particular experience, that memory has three critical elements — what, when, and where. MIT neuroscientists have now identified a brain circuit that processes the “when” and “where” components of memory. This circuit,…

The maxim “one man’s trash is another man’s treasure” certainly describes the work of Mariana G. Matus: The fourth-year PhD student in computational and systems biology at MIT is part of a team collecting samples of sewage to understand…