Model alerts driverless cars when it’s safest to merge into traffic at intersections with obstructed views.

By sensing tiny changes in shadows, a new system identifies approaching objects that may cause a collision.

New methodology may be used to respond to other endemic diseases.

New capabilities allow “roboats” to change configurations to form pop-up bridges, stages, and other structures.

Study finds that in some locations, lightweight gas-powered cars could have a bigger emissions-reducing impact than electric ones.

Media Lab designs a pilot carbon-offsets program.

In “semiautonomous” cars, older drivers may need more time to take the wheel when responding to the unexpected.

L4DC explored an emerging scientific area at the intersection of real-time physical data, machine learning, control theory, and optimization.

Urban studies research from MIT sheds light on the ways low-income riders use mass transit.

Study quantifies how much of Manhattan 10 taxis cover in a day — to better measure air pollution, traffic, and more.