MIT professor Daniela Rus explains how AI-powered robots are being trained to safely assist in homes and daily life.

Both new antibiotics were able to kill strains of bacteria that are becoming increasingly difficult to treat with existing ...

Anantha Chandrakasan became the Institute’s new provost on July 1, succeeding Cynthia Barnhart, SM ’86, PhD ’88, who ...

MIT unveils new 'blackest black' material and makes a diamond disappear MIT joins a fascinating field that already includes Vantablack.

The ingenious minds at Primitive Technology apply MIT science to enhance ancient water filtration systems with proven modern results.

A new program at MIT is creating the next generation of science communicators through engaging, short-form STEM videos on YouTube.

Scientists at MIT have come up with a way that they say could significantly increase the amount of energy produced by the world’s wind farms, without requiring new turbines or other expensive ...

Quantum physicists at MIT have created the first perfect mirror. When light hits the mirror -- or indeed any other kind of wave, including acoustic and water waves -- it bounces off perfectly ...

MIT has created a new simulation that may help astronomers learn more about the origins of the universe and the time after the Big Bang.

An MIT summer camp that mixes math, physics, and baseball gets local middle-school boys excited about science.