Combining two thin-film materials yields surprising room-temperature magnetism.

MIT professor and four alumni honored for inventing electronic ink, the spanning tree protocol, and Sketchpad, a human-machine graphical communication system.

Printer from Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab uses machine vision and 3-D scanning to self-correct and directly embed components.

Findings could lead to a building block for future quantum computers, and a research tool for physics.

Unobtrusive wearable sensor could operate digital devices or augment other device interfaces.

Media Lab alumni’s success with “smart” gaming blocks led to an acquisition deal to make consumer drones.

New technique could use tiny diamond defects to reveal unprecedented detail of molecular structures.

From bike-mounted maize shellers to solar lamps, startup brings more efficient tools to rural Tanzania.

Startup’s thermal-imaging cars can quickly track energy leaks in thousands of homes and buildings.