Ideal for propelling tiny satellites, the lightweight devices could be produced on board a spacecraft and cost much less than traditional thrusters.

A plastic microfluidic chip can remove some risky cells that could potentially become tumors before they are implanted in a patient.

Study finds chiral structures, with mirror-image configurations, can emerge from nonchiral systems, suggesting new ways to engineer these materials.

The findings point to faster way to detect bacteria in food, water, and clinical samples.

This computational tool can generate an optimal design for a complex fluidic device such as a combustion engine or a hydraulic pump.

With NEET, Sherry Nyeo is discovering MIT’s undergraduate research community at the intersection of computer science and biological engineering.

Collaborative team wins prestigious NIH grant to investigate the physical forces that influence metastatic cancer.

The results may help engineers develop a way to inject drugs without needles.

When they encounter nutrient oases in the marine desert, marine bacteria release a gas involved in climate regulation.

MIT researchers grow perfectly shaped germanium tunnels on silicon oxide with controllable length.