A team from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has created a technique that allows animators to have a more significant scale of control over their works. The researchers have developed a method that produces mathematical functions known as "barycentric coordinates," which indicate how 2D and 3D shapes can move, stretch, and contour in space.…
MIT researchers, using deep learning techniques, have discovered compounds that can effectively combat methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). This drug-resistant bacterium annually leads to over 10,000 deaths in the United States alone. Detailed in a study published in Nature, the compounds not only successfully killed MRSA in laboratory and mice model tests, but also showed significantly…
In 2023, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) saw numerous breakthroughs as well as several key events. Major happenings included the inauguration of President Sally Kornbluth, a commencement address by Mark Rober, and Professor Moungi Bawendi earning the Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
Research advancements ranged from the study of a dying star consuming a planet to…
Using an artificial language network, MIT neuroscientists have found that sentences with unusual grammar or unexpected meanings tend to strongly activate the brain's key language processing centers. In contrast, straightforward sentences cause only minimal engagement of these regions, as do nonsensical sequences of words.
The researchers discovered this by analyzing how human participants' brain network…
Artists behind animated movies and video games may soon have greater control over their animations through a new technique devised by researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). The approach employs barycentric coordinates, mathematical functions that articulate how 2D and 3D figures can be manipulated through space.
Existing solutions are often limited, providing a single…
A new technique for maximizing control over animations has been developed by researchers at MIT. The technique offers animators the ability to mold the movements and image of characters in 2D and 3D animations to their individual requirements, through the use of barycentric coordinates, mathematical functions that determine how shapes flex, bend and move in…
MIT researchers have leveraged the power of deep learning, a branch of artificial intelligence (AI), to discover a class of compounds that can potentially kill methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). The discovery, described in a paper published in the journal Nature, saw the use of AI to predict the antibiotic potency of various molecules, an insight…
In 2023, MIT had an eventful year, including the inauguration of President Sally Kornbluth and a Commencement address by Mark Rober, as well as Professor Moungi Bawendi winning a Nobel Prize for research on quantum dots. Researchers were also involved in several scientific breakthroughs, such as a study on a dying star consuming a planet,…
Neuroscientists at MIT, assisted by an artificial language network, have discovered that complex sentences with unusual grammar or unexpected meaning, stimulate the brain's key language processing centres more effectively. Interestingly, both straightforward sentences and nonsensical sequences of words had minimal engagement in these regions.
The findings were part of a study led by MIT graduate…
Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have developed a technique that enables digital artists more versatility in how they move their animations of 2D and 3D shapes. Traditionally, artists had limited choices when it came to defining movements using mathematical functions known as barycentric coordinates.
The researchers suggest that existing solutions are rigid and…