In 2013, Elon Musk, founder of SpaceX and Tesla, proposed a new way to get around. He told PandoDaily, "We've got planes, trains, automobiles and boats for getting around earth. But what if there was ...

The Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), built at MIT, will carry four cameras and be the first to survey the nearest, brightest stars in the sky for signs of passing planets, MIT officials ...

MIT-led researchers have, for the first time, directly mapped the 3D atomic and charge structure of relaxor ferroelectrics, materials critical to sensors and energy devices. Using multi-slice electron ...

Quickly producing biopharmaceutical drugs on demand in a remote location is technically challenging, and doctors do not currently have access to the tech needed to do so. MIT scientists have met this ...

Several drugs that block the immune checkpoints PD-1 and PD-L1 have been approved to treat non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), but their efficacy in the disease is estimated to be well under 50%.

The hulking, heavily armed remote control ?robots that battle to the death, sending sparks, flames, and pieces of metal flying around the ring were the inspiration for a local engineer who recently ...

MIT researchers have, for the first time, directly mapped the 3D atomic and polar structures of relaxor ferroelectrics, materials prized for their sensitivity to electric fields. Using multi-slice ...