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Anesthetizing the retina of a “lazy” eye for just two days can restore vision in mice.

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MIT alumni are helping build a better MBTA— reshaping route planning, improving service, and supporting the workforce that ...

Watch a subscriber-only event exploring one of MIT Technology Review's 10 Breakthrough Technologies of 2026—sodium-ion ...

AI’s concealed labor has repeatedly led us to overestimate the technology. Humanoid robots are entering a similar phase.