The cellular pathways of fruit flies — and humans — are helping researchers at MIT and Harvard Medical School set the stage for potentially groundbreaking research into new ways to treat Alzheimer’s ...

Forward-looking: A new chapter in materials science is unfolding at MIT, where researchers have developed a fully autonomous robotic system designed to accelerate the search for advanced ...

The need to change regulations around gene-editing treatments was endorsed in November by the head of the US Food and Drug ...

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology is launching an Initiative for New Manufacturing, an institution-wide effort intended to promote and advance the future of U.S. manufacturing. According to ...

A team of chemical engineers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology has invented a new process to separate crude oil components, potentially bringing forward a replacement that can cut its ...

Where do microplastics really go after entering the environment? MIT researchers discovered that sticky biofilms naturally produced by bacteria play a surprising role in preventing microplastics from ...

Near-limitless clean energy may be closer to reality than previously thought. According to MIT News, the Schmidt Laboratory for Materials in Nuclear Technologies will be operational and begin testing ...

Macy is a writer on the AI Team. She covers how AI is changing daily life and how to make the most of it. This includes writing about consumer AI products and their real-world impact, from ...

The MIT study revealed that AI would end up replacing almost 12% of the workforce. A new study has revealed that AI could have a trillion-dollar impact on job wages for U.S. workers. The Massachusetts ...