At MIT, social networks with “weak ties,” which help foster new ideas, declined during the Covid-19 pandemic, researchers report.

Compared to native-born citizens, immigrants are more frequently involved in founding companies at all scales.

From nuclear proliferation to climate change, Richard K. Lester taps research talent to map a path toward a sustainable planet.

A new membrane material could make purification of gases significantly more efficient, potentially helping to reduce carbon emissions.

MIT community members made headlines around the world for their innovative approaches to addressing problems local and global.

A life-detecting radar, a microscale motor, and a quantum network architecture are among this year's most innovative new technologies.

“U.S. competitiveness depends less on defensive measures than on what we do to strengthen our own capacities,” says MIT’s vice president for research.

Figur8, founded by MIT alumna Nan-Wei Gong SM ’09, PhD ’13, offers a wearable sensor system to improve the diagnosis and treatment of muscle injuries.

Economists find companies’ adoption of robots is partly due to shortages in middle-aged labor.

System could reclaim pure water from power plant cooling towers; at-scale prototypes tested on MIT facilities have proven effective.