Curiosity-driven research has long sparked technological transformations. A century ago, curiosity about atoms led to quantum mechanics, and eventually the transistor at the heart of modern computing.

Felice Frankel is an educator, photographer, and research scientist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Her passion for science started at a young age, eventually merging with her ...

Working in MIT’s Media Lab Personal Robotics Group must be a good gig–they get to create and scientifically “play about with” some fantastic stuff, such as the Huggable care-over-telepresence robot.

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology is among 13 research universities and three organizations suing the National Science Foundation (NSF), after the agency’s efforts to slash indirect costs at ...

In their pursuit of science and discovery, the few female scientists at MIT in the late 20th century found themselves faced with hurdles related to their gender, rather than their research. So they ...

Science seeks to explain the world around us, and the most satisfactory explanations are those that allow us to predict as yet unknown phenomena. Mendeleev not only explained patterns in the ...

Scientists get to see awesome things at work, like very precise scales, cancer cells, or brain cells in a dish, with the help of a microscope. But the winners of the Koch Institute for Integrative ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. In the computer science lab where they work at MIT, Erik and ...

Alumni speak up for science policy through the Legislative Advocacy Network. On a mild day in early March 2020, five members of the MIT community were working Capitol Hill. Racing from one appointment ...

This breakthrough could make AI far more practical for large-scale use as the method promises to cut cloud computing costs and process huge datasets faster.

NASHUA – Students from Nashua High School North and South came together recently to win the 2019 MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) Trivia Challenge. Nashua High School North freshman Anjali ...