New technique allows production of complex microchip structures in one self-assembling step.

Researchers find new method for making spherical particles, from nanoscale to pinhead-sized — including complex beach-ball-like shapes.

Algorithms enable robot to navigate and view propellers and other complex structures.

As the team behind MIT’s ambitious online learning program gears up to introduce new courses in the fall, it takes stock of its initial experiences.

Semiautonomous system takes the wheel to keep drivers safe.

A new method for producing multiple-perspective 3-D images could prove more practical in the short term than holography.

Platinum compound may offer an alternative to cisplatin, a widely used chemotherapy agent.

Biologists’ capacity for generating genomic data is increasing more rapidly than computing power. A new algorithm will help them keep up.

In clinical trial, mixture developed at MIT appears to help overcome loss of connections between brain cells.

A new algorithm lets networks of Wi-Fi-connected cars, whose layout is constantly changing, share a few expensive links to the Internet.