Political science doctoral student Clara Vandeweerdt studies how identity shapes beliefs on complex political topics such as climate change.

Finding could help overturn the prevailing notion that men and women experience angina differently.

Systems of tiny robots may someday build high-performance structures, from airplanes to space settlements.

Proposed bridge would have been the world’s longest at the time; new analysis shows it would have worked.

Fluorescent probe could allow scientists to watch circuits within the brain and link their activity to specific behaviors.

System could help with diagnosing and treating noncommunicative patients.

Submerged system uses the vibration of “piezoelectric” materials to generate power and send and receive data.

Report catalogs, analyzes available open-source publishing software; warns open publishing must grapple with siloed development and community-owned ecosystems.

Media Lab designs a pilot carbon-offsets program.

Researchers hope the system can zero in on the right patients to enroll in clinical trials, to speed discovery of drug treatments.