The technology could boost aerial robots’ repertoire, allowing them to operate in cramped spaces and withstand collisions.

MIT researchers grow structures made of wood-like plant cells in a lab, hinting at the possibility of more efficient biomaterials production.

Discovery could lead to new designs for improved and more sustainable materials inspired by nature.

A new way of making polymers adhere to surfaces may enable better biomedical sensors and implants.

MIT graduate student Seth Cazzell shows controlling pH enables reversible hydrogel formation in wider range of metal concentrations.

Its extendable appendage can meander through tight spaces and then lift heavy loads.

New adhesive that binds wet surfaces within seconds could be used to heal wounds or implant medical devices.

Twisted fibers coated with living cells could assist healing of injured muscles and tendons.

Mechanical “training” produces strong, fatigue-resistant, yet soft hydrogels with possible uses in medicine.