This new framework leverages a model’s reasoning abilities to create a “smart assistant” that finds the optimal solution to multistep...

These big fish get most of their food from the ocean’s “twilight zone,” a deep, dark region the commercial fishing...

A powerful mathematical technique is used to model melting ice and other phenomena. But it has long been imperiled by...

Scientists have found that trees in cities respond to higher temperatures differently than those in forests, potentially masking climate impacts.

Randomness is essential to some research, but it’s always been prohibitively complicated. Now, we can use “pseudorandomness” instead. The post...

Mechanical metamaterials research demands interdisciplinary collaboration and innovation, say researchers from MechE's Portela Lab.

A popular hypothesis for how the brain clears molecular waste, which may help explain why sleep feels refreshing, is a...

A new international collaboration unites MIT and maritime industry leaders to develop nuclear propulsion technologies, alternative fuels, data-powered strategies for...

The Tactile Vega-Lite system, developed at MIT CSAIL, streamlines the tactile chart design process; could help educators efficiently create these...

With the new system, farmers could significantly cut their use of pesticides and fertilizers, saving money and reducing runoff.