Explained: Regression analysis
Sure, it’s a ubiquitous tool of scientific research, but what exactly is a regression, and what is its use?
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Explained: Linear and nonlinear systems
videos
- Motor skills
- Institute Professor Emilio Bizzi examines how the brain translates our general intentions into the detailed commands needed to control muscle movement...
- Strobe of a falling ball
- A ball is dropped in front of a meter stick lit by a strobe light. A long exposure photograph captures the position of the ball at each flash of light...
- Outer space suits
- Research by the MIT Space Policy and Society group has the possibility of shaping the most important human space policy decisions in a generation. On ...
- McGovern Institute
- The McGovern Institute for Brain Research at MIT is led by a team of world-renowned neuroscientists committed to meeting two great challenges of moder...
- Modeled phytoplankton diversity globally
- One-year animation of global phytoplankton diversity from a high-resolution ocean and ecosystem model for 1999. Colors represent the number of types o...
- Modeled phytoplankton types on cubed sphere
- Dominant phytoplankton types during 1994-1998 from a high-resolution ocean and ecosystem model. Colors represent the most dominant type of phytoplankt...
- Brain imaging
- Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) has revolutionized our understanding of the human brain, but the method is now approaching the limit of i...
- Alan Jasanoff
- Alan Jasanoff discusses his research in developing new technologies for imaging the molecular and cellular phenomena that underlie brain function.
- Bicycle wheel gyroscope
- A bicycle wheel is suspended from one of end of its axle by a rope, and spun up by hand. The wheel's axle is then placed horizontally and the free end...
- Levitating magnet
- "Eddy currents" cause a magnet to float above a rotating disc.
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Wind resistance
MIT analysis suggests generating electricity from large-scale wind farms could influence climate — and not necessarily in the desired way.
Explained: Radiative forcing
When there’s more energy radiating down on the planet than there is radiating back out to space, something’s going to have to heat up
McGovern Institute to acquire new brain imaging technology
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