German artificial lakes as investors scan east-west configurations, energy-storage co-location, policy clarity, biodiversity ...

High over the island of Sicily, Mount Etna smolders as Europe’s most active volcano. Underneath its rough slopes, a network ...

Carbon nanotubes (CNTs), cylindrical nanostructures made of carbon atoms arranged in a hexagonal lattice, have proved to be ...

MIT astronauts aboard the International Space Station—and the MIT researchers who have sent up experiments—have advanced our ...

By fitting its sunshield and solar panels, engineers have completed the construction of Plato, the European Space Agency's mission to discover Earth-like exoplanets. Plato is on track for the final ...

A precise electric field technique prints single quantum dots one at a time, enabling scalable arrays of quantum light ...

Using metamaterials, light-driven additive manufacturing, and other techniques, researchers have created innovative pressure and force sensors.

Local researchers are developing nuclear power, propulsion systems, and medical technology for NASA's ambitious plans to establish a permanent moon base.

Madonna Yoder ’17 studied rocks at MIT. But her passion is for paper—with no scissors. Today, she’s a tessellation expert who ...

Joshua Mandell shares several benefits of renovating a fire station rather than building a new one but also warns of pitfalls ...

An artificial vision sensor inspired by the human pupil adapts automatically to light, maintaining clear perception from ...

The 10,000 U.S. troops now operating in the Caribbean were sent to interdict drug boats. But Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro's Sept. 30 state of external emergency fundamentally changed what ...