Computer modeling may resolve conflicting results and offer hints for new drug-design strategies.

A new formula that characterizes the privacy afforded by large, aggregate data sets may be discouraging, but could help sharpen policy discussion.

MIT researchers improve efficiency of quantum-dot photovoltaic system by adding a forest of nanowires.

Ragon Institute researchers develop a method to identify weak points in viral proteins that could be exploited for vaccine development.

A new way of reasoning about what happens when a robot’s limb strikes an object could lead to more efficient and reliable robotic-control systems.

Techniques used to ensure that airplanes won’t stall out in flight could be adapted to prove that computer programs won’t divide by zero.

New study is first to analyze how affected brain cells respond during different behavioral tasks.

For database-driven applications, new software could reduce hardware requirements by 95 percent while actually improving performance.

MIT political scientist examines Japanese stasis after nuclear meltdown at Fukushima.

Robot’s custom-designed electric motors are powerful and efficient.