AT MIT, THEY’RE WORKING ON DODGING ASTEROIDS. MOTHER EARTH RECENTLY DODGED A BULLET. AN ASTEROID THE SIZE OF AN EIGHT STORY BUILDING. BUT WE’RE NOT ENTIRELY IN THE CLEAR. YEAH, THERE MIGHT BE MORE ...

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.

Steelmaking is an important part of our global industries. However, the process by which we make steel is extremely bad for the climate, with the byproducts of the process accounting for roughly seven ...

Scientists at MIT have developed a type of soundproof sheet that can not only cancel or block the sound, but it will even reflect the sound back at the maker. This new development could prove ...

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 ...

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is fundamentally altering the landscape of scientific discovery, marking a significant step towards the development of artificial superintelligence (ASI). A new study from ...

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.

Massachusetts Institute of Technology engineers have been working on a life cycle assessment for their method of creating hydrogen from recycled aluminum cans and seawater. They discovered that the ...

Dr. Sara Campbell, chemistry teacher at Merrimack High School, has been awarded a scholarship to attend the MIT Science and Engineering Program for Teachers (SEPT) program this summer. The scholarship ...