Open-source tool from MIT’s Senseable City Lab lets people check air quality, cheaply.

By keeping data fresh, the system could help robots inspect buildings or search disaster zones.

Developed at SMART, the nondestructive nanosensors could have wide applications in agricultural science.

The device could help workers locate objects for fulfilling e-commerce orders or identify parts for assembling products.

Lincoln Laboratory seeks ways to build non-contact screening methods that can detect concealed explosives at airports.

An experiment in Amsterdam reveals how pilfered bicycles are put to use.

The sensor sends out its location as it moves through the GI tract, revealing where slowdowns in digestion may occur.

MIT engineers developed organic polymers that can efficiently convert signals from biological tissue into the electronic signals used in transistors.

A new sensor can be drawn with a pencil on treated paper. It could track health issues or even tell you when baby needs changing.

New sensors could lead to virus-detecting drones or even clothes that help diagnose diseases like breast cancer, researchers say.