What would it take to create a truly intelligent microbot, one that can operate independently? A roboticist describes the fascinating minutiae and the medical jobs these tiny machines could do for us.

Nutritional stress is a huge cause of honey bee decline. But researchers say adding one microbe into their food protects growing bees.

Hydrogen fuel has long been seen as a potentially key component of a carbon-neutral future. At the 2022 MIT Energy Initiative Spring Symposium, industry experts describe efforts to produce it at scale.

By tracing the steps of liver regrowth, MIT engineers hope to harness the liver’s regenerative abilities to help treat chronic disease.

Sea dragons are missing a key group of genes found in other vertebrates, researchers report. The finding may be a clue to why they look the way they do.