MIT’s new modular lunar robot has ‘worms’ for armsThe WORMS system is designed to navigate the moon's South Pole, which has complex terrain and potential water sources.By W. Shanklin, 03.15.2023
MIT solved a century-old differential equation to break 'liquid' AI's computational bottleneckThe discovery could usher in a new generation of weather forecasting and autonomous vehicle driving virtual agents.By A. Tarantola, 11.15.2022
Researchers created low-cost, 3D-printed plasma sensors for satellitesThe sensors could accelerate climate change research..By K. Holt, 07.27.2022
Study finds judges are increasingly citing Wikipedia in legal decisionsEven judges can't resist the urge to find quick answers online.By J. Fingas, 07.27.2022
Robots learn to shape letters using Play-DohThis could help robots make food and even pottery.By J. Fingas, 06.21.2022
Listen to the sound of a black hole feeding on stellar materialThe MIT study could shed light on how supermassive black holes help shape their galaxies.By M. Moon, 05.03.2022
Scientists 'knit' soft robotic wearables for easier design and fabricationThey could be used for applications like assistive gloves for the disabled.By S. Dent, 05.02.2022
MIT scientists reveal why it's hard to evenly split Oreo filling between two halvesThey created a 3D-printed device to optimize cookie separation.By K. Holt, 04.19.2022
MIT engineers built a robot for emergency stroke surgeriesIt uses a magnet to guide a wire through the vessels of a patient's brain.By M. Moon, 04.14.2022
Thermophotovoltaic cell converts 40 percent of heat energy to electricityThat makes it more efficient than many steam engines.By S. Dent, 04.14.2022
Researchers create bacteria that could protect your gut from antibioticsThe partner treatment promises to prevent diarrhea and other complications. By I. Bonifacic, 04.11.2022
MIT's new simulation reveals crucial insights into the birth of the universeIt provides unprecedented approximations of the cosmic reionization process.By A. Tarantola, 03.24.2022
MIT study finds neurons in epilepsy patients that only respond to singingInstrumental music or human speech had no impact on the same group of neurons. By A. Khalid, 02.23.2022
Scientists create cube robots that can shapeshift in spaceElectroVoxels are cheap to make and use electromagnets for reconfiguration.By K. Holt, 02.23.2022
Scientists study a 'hot Jupiter' exoplanet's dark side in detail for the first timeIron clouds and titanium rain, anyone?By J. Fingas, 02.21.2022
Boston's Federal Reserve says it has solved technical challenges of a 'digital dollar'It could settle payments in under two seconds and handle 1.7 million transactions a second.By S. Dent, 02.04.2022
All-in-one diabetes devices could take the hassle out of insulin injectionsNeither has been tested on humans yet.By J. Fingas, 01.20.2022
MIT researchers create AI system that could make robots better at handling objectsThe system can manipulate more than 2,000 objects.By I. Bonifacic, 11.05.2021
Researchers are working on giving robots social skillsIt could enable smoother and more positive human-robot interactions. By S. Dent, 11.05.2021
MIT researchers create fabric that can sense and react to its wearer's movementOmniFiber could be used to create training garments. By I. Bonifacic, 10.15.2021