Study finds the bulk of shoes’ carbon footprint comes from manufacturing processes.

A study analyzes the potential usefulness of a new treatment that combines the benefits of angioplasty balloons and drug-releasing stents, but may pose fewer risks.

An MIT team that proposed a new, more-practical scheme for using quantum physics to secure data transmission has now demonstrated it experimentally.

In mechanical engineering department’s toy-design class, teams design creative board games, plush toys and puzzles.

Stacking 2-D materials produces surprising results

MIT researchers find that the key to purple bacteria’s light-harvesting prowess lies in highly symmetrical molecules.

MIT neuroscientist Suzanne Corkin shares her memories of the world’s most famous amnesia patient.

New study helps resolve a dispute over the origins of coral-reef formations

Steelmaking, a major emitter of climate-altering gases, could be transformed by a new process developed at MIT.

After years of research into global production systems, an MIT political scientist is convinced that government, not just the private sector, must help keep workers safe.