Engineers developed a planning tool that can help independent entities decide when they should invest in joint projects.

MIT researchers developed a fiber computer and networked several of them into a garment that learns to identify physical activities.

When scientists stimulated cells to produce a protein that helps “water bears” survive extreme environments, the tissue showed much less DNA damage after radiation treatment.

Findings may help predict how rain and irrigation systems launch particles and pathogens from watery surfaces, with implications for industry, agriculture, and public health.

Assistant Professor César Terrer discusses pioneering volcano research to track carbon dynamics in tropical forests.

FragFold, developed by MIT Biology researchers, is a computational method with potential for impact on biological research and therapeutic applications.

MIT engineers propose a new “local electricity market” to tap into the power potential of homeowners’ grid-edge devices.

Researchers developed a scalable, low-cost device that can generate high-power terahertz waves on a chip, without bulky silicon lenses.

A new MIT study identifies steps that can lower not only emissions, but also costs, across the combined electric power and natural gas industries that now supply heating fuels.

For the past decade, the Abdul Latif Jameel Water and Food Systems Lab has strengthened MIT faculty efforts in water and food research and innovation.