Biohybrid robots that run on real muscle are shifting from science fiction toward workable machines. In labs around the world, engineers have built tiny walkers, swimmers and gripping devices powered ...

The next time you're scrolling your phone, take a moment to appreciate the feat: The seemingly mundane act is possible thanks to the coordination of 34 muscles, 27 joints, and over 100 tendons and ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Thanks to a groundbreaking solar-powered desalination system developed by Massachusetts Institute of Technology researchers, more ...

What if you could monitor a serious health concern by purchasing a box of stickers from your local pharmacy, then wearing those stickers on your body for up to two days at a time? That’s what a group ...

A team at the MIT Lincoln Laboratory worked tirelessly to develop and build an optical communications system called the ...

Researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) say that residential solar panels, batteries, electric vehicles, heat pumps, and water heaters could all form part of a local ...

MIT engineers have now found a way to fabricate a metamaterial that is both strong and stretchy. The base material is typically highly rigid and brittle, but it is printed in precise, intricate ...

At the bottom of a swimming pool on MIT’s campus, researchers keep testing a strange glider. The glider doesn’t have a propeller, nor does it resemble any known fish. It’s like a mix between a paper ...

Bottom line: The MIT engineers' solar-powered desalination system represents a significant leap forward in sustainable water treatment technology. By eliminating the need for batteries and maximizing ...

More than 10,000 Americans are waiting for a liver transplant. Many more never make the list, because they are too sick to handle a major surgery. That gap is why an idea that sounds a little strange ...