A new approach could enable intuitive robotic helpers for household, workplace, and warehouse settings.

Since an MIT team introduced expansion microscopy in 2015, the technique has powered the science behind kidney disease, plant seeds, the microbiome, Alzheimer’s, viruses, and more.

Chemists could use this quick computational method to design more efficient reactions that yield useful compounds, from fuels to pharmaceuticals.

MIT engineers developed ultrathin electronic films that sense heat and other signals, and could reduce the bulk of conventional goggles and scopes.

A new method could enable stretchable ceramics, glass, and metals, for tear-proof textiles or stretchy semiconductors.

Researchers have created a unifying framework that can help scientists combine existing ideas to improve AI models or create new ones.

TactStyle, a system developed by CSAIL researchers, uses image prompts to replicate both the visual appearance and tactile properties of 3D models.

The small and rocky lava world sheds an amount of material equivalent to the mass of Mount Everest every 30.5 hours.

A new technique automatically guides an LLM toward outputs that adhere to the rules of whatever programming language or other format is being used.

Founded by MIT researchers, Senti Bio is giving immune cells the ability to distinguish between healthy and cancerous cells.

MIT biologists have found that defects in some transfer RNA molecules can lead to the formation of these common conditions.

A comprehensive study of the U.S. system could help policymakers analyze methods of matching donated kidneys and their recipients.

By eliminating redundant computations, a new data-driven method can streamline processes like scheduling trains, routing delivery drivers, or assigning airline crews.

New research using computational vision models suggests the brain’s “ventral stream” might be more versatile than previously thought.

A new method from the MIT-IBM Watson AI Lab helps large language models to steer their own responses toward safer, more ethical, value-aligned outputs.

With projected global warming, the frequency of extreme storms will ramp up by the end of the century, according to a new study.

The Hood Pediatric Innovation Hub aims to break down barriers to pediatric innovation and foster transformative research to improve children’s health outcomes.

These bacteria, which could be designed to detect pollution or nutrients, could act as sensors to help farmers monitor their crops.

The approach maintains an AI model’s accuracy while ensuring attackers can’t extract secret information.

New research finds liquid air energy storage could be the lowest-cost option for ensuring a continuous power supply on a future grid dominated by carbon-free but intermittent sources of electricity.

MIT engineers developed an insect-sized jumping robot that can traverse challenging terrains and carry heavy payloads.

A new method lets users ask, in plain language, for a new molecule with certain properties, and receive a detailed description of how to synthesize it.

Researchers analyzed the full lifecycle of several fuel options and found this approach has a comparable environmental impact, overall, to burning low-sulfur fuels.

Political scientist Kathleen Thelen’s new book explains how America’s large retailers got very, very large.

“InteRecon” enables users to capture items in a mobile app and reconstruct their interactive features in mixed reality. The tool could assist in education, medical environments, museums, and more.

Connected by the MIT Human Insight Collaborative, Lecturer Mi-Eun Kim and Research Scientist Praneeth Namburi want to develop an understanding of musical expression and skill development.

New research on a cytokine called IL-17 adds to growing evidence that immune molecules can influence behavior during illness.

The framework helps clinicians choose phrases that more accurately reflect the likelihood that certain conditions are present in X-rays.

Upending a long-held supposition, MIT researchers find a common catalyst works by cycling between two different forms.

Scaling up nanoparticle production could help scientists test new cancer treatments.

SPROUT, developed by Lincoln Laboratory and University of Notre Dame researchers, is a vine robot capable of navigating under collapsed structures.

This new framework leverages a model’s reasoning abilities to create a “smart assistant” that finds the optimal solution to multistep problems.

These big fish get most of their food from the ocean’s “twilight zone,” a deep, dark region the commercial fishing industry is eyeing with interest.

Scientists have found that trees in cities respond to higher temperatures differently than those in forests, potentially masking climate impacts.

Mechanical metamaterials research demands interdisciplinary collaboration and innovation, say researchers from MechE's Portela Lab.

A new international collaboration unites MIT and maritime industry leaders to develop nuclear propulsion technologies, alternative fuels, data-powered strategies for operation, and more.

With the new system, farmers could significantly cut their use of pesticides and fertilizers, saving money and reducing runoff.

Using tech tools and a human touch, Arthur Bahr sheds light on the original volume containing “Sir Gawain and the Green Knight” and “Pearl.”

Investment in analytics may also benefit college teams and fields beyond sports, a new study shows.

The findings could help planners design safer, more efficient pedestrian thoroughfares.

With tinier needles and fewer injections, the approach may enable new options for long-term delivery of contraceptives or treatments for diseases such as HIV.

The research may enable the design of synthetic, light-activated cells for wound healing or drug delivery.

MIT researchers developed a photon-shuttling “interconnect” that can facilitate remote entanglement, a key step toward a practical quantum computer.

Researchers fuse the best of two popular methods to create an image generator that uses less energy and can run locally on a laptop or smartphone.

A new study finds natural and invented languages elicit similar responses in the brain’s language-processing network.

The system uses reconfigurable electromechanical building blocks to create structural electronics.

MIT engineers developed a way to grow artificial tissues that look and act like their natural counterparts.

A new analysis suggests our language capacity existed at least 135,000 years ago, with language used widely perhaps 35,000 years after that.

A new, highly efficient process for performing this conversion could make it easier to develop therapies for spinal cord injuries or diseases like ALS.

Experiments find debate training boosts careers by enhancing assertiveness and communications techniques.