Families can now participate in scientific research about cognitive development at MIT’s Early Childhood Cognition Laboratory (ECCL) when sitting on their couches. In Rio. Or Japan. Or Australia. MIT ...

A promising new diagnostic test from MIT looks like it could be a game changer for rapidly diagnosing several important infectious diseases within minutes. While most tests can only look for one type ...

For those who love to nerd-out at the increasingly crowded intersection of real estate and technology, two representatives of both disciplines who are more than happy to deep dive into the subject are ...

The head of the world’s coolest innovation lab wants to focus on . . . public policy Dava Newman, the new head of MIT's Media Lab, wants the lab to take on bigger problems and reach out into the ...

MIT's Self-Assembly Lab has developed materials that can be programmed to transform their shape autonomously -- from flexible carbon fibre and hybrid plastics to wood grains and textiles. Skylar ...

Scientists at the MIT Nuclear Reactor Laboratory have devised an unconventional plan for accelerating the development of a small, safe, cheap nuclear reactor: they want to build a prototype that ...

Professor Pattie Maes deep insights working with her research team of Joanne Leong, Pat Pataranutaporn, Valdemar Danry are world leading in their translational research on tech-human interaction.

Finals, uncertain future plans, and the general ups and downs of student life can be stessful, but playing with dogs might help relieve some of that tension. Graduate student Stephanie Ku is testing ...