BOSTON, Massachusetts, March 15 -- Boston University School of Public Health issued the following news: * * * Fewer Than Half of Medicaid Managed Care Plans Provide All FDA-approved Medications for Alcohol Use Disorder Only 43 percent of these plans include all four drugs approved by the US Food and Drug Administration to treat alcohol use disorder on the formulary, potentially hindering personalized care that necessitates access to a range of medications. By Jillian McKoy As health compli  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, March 15 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news on March 13, 2025: * * * MIT engineers turn skin cells directly into neurons for cell therapy A new, highly efficient process for performing this conversion could make it easier to develop therapies for spinal cord injuries or diseases like ALS. By Anne Trafton, MIT News Converting one type of cell to another -- for example, a skin cell to a neuron -- can be done through a process that   more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, March 15 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * 2025 MacVicar Faculty Fellows named MIT professors Paloma Duong, Frank Schilbach, and Justin Steil are honored for exceptional undergraduate teaching. By Meghan Burke, Registrar's Office Three outstanding educators have been named MacVicar Faculty Fellows: associate professor in comparative media studies/writing Paloma Duong, associate professor of economics Frank Schilbach, and   more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, March 15 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news on March 13, 2025: * * * Collaboration across continents to solve a plastics problem MIT students travel to the Amazon, working with locals to address the plastics sustainability crisis. By Stephanie M. McPherson, Department of Chemical Engineering More than 60,000 tons of plastic makes the journey down the Amazon River to the Atlantic Ocean every year. And that doesn't include what fin  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, March 15 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology posted the following news: * * * Evidence that 40Hz gamma stimulation promotes brain health is expanding A decade of studies provide a growing evidence base that increasing the power of the brain's gamma rhythms could help fight Alzheimer's, and perhaps other neurological diseases. By David Orenstein, The Picower Institute for Learning and Memory A decade after scientists in The Picower Institute for Learning an  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, March 15 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * High-performance computing, with much less code The Exo 2 programming language enables reusable scheduling libraries external to compilers. By Adam Conner-Simons, MIT CSAIL Many companies invest heavily in hiring talent to create the high-performance library code that underpins modern artificial intelligence systems. NVIDIA, for instance, developed some of the most advanced high-  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, March 15 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news on March 13, 2025: * * * Researchers establish new basis for quantum sensing and communication New theoretical approach for generating quantum states could lead to improved accuracy and reliability of information and decision systems. Sensing and communication systems based on quantum-mechanical phenomena can greatly outperform today's systems, in terms of accuracy and reliability, and a  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, March 15 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news on March 14, 2025: * * * When did human language emerge? A new analysis suggests our language capacity existed at least 135,000 years ago, with language used widely perhaps 35,000 years after that. By Peter Dizikes, MIT News It is a deep question, from deep in our history: When did human language as we know it emerge? A new survey of genomic evidence suggests our unique language capaci  more