Lab-Grown Plants: MIT Makes Better Alternatives to Forestry and Farming

Medicine & Technology Jan 21, 2021

Scientists from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology are now working on lab-grown plants to ease the environmental toll of logging and agriculture.

Researchers Report Tensile Elasticity in Diamonds for Microelectronics

Jan 04, 2021

Although diamond is widely believed to be hard and unbendable, thin films have been found to exhibit elastic deformation - and this new property can have profound impacts on various applications.

MIT Sloan Professor Analyzes How Markets Can Be Structured

Nov 02, 2020

Financial markets are complex structures, even after attempts to rationalize them. An MIT Sloan professor offers an insight into how its quirks and behaviors work.

Quantum Negativity Could Improve Metrology Precision

Jul 29, 2020

A team of scientists has discovered a physical property, termed "quantum negativity," that allows for more precise measurements and can power new technologies.

Researchers Create A New Thermoelectric Generator To Convert A Very High Temperature Wasted Heat Into Electricity

Jun 14, 2017

MIT researchers developed a liquid thermoelectric device that is able to transform wasted heat into electricity at the much higher temperature than the available device currently available in the market.

Harvard And MIT Wins Battle Over CRISPR Patent

Feb 17, 2017

The court ruling on the case of the CRISPR patent has been out and is in favor of Harvard and MIT. Read to know more about the side of the University of California in this battle.

University Ranking: A Reflection Of Investment Level

Sep 20, 2015

QS World University Rankings recently released the list of top universities in the world for 2015 with Massachusetts Institute of Technology retaining its top position while the rest of the institutions shuffled.

MIT’s Cheetah Robot can not only Run, It can now jump!

May 30, 2015

The brainy folks at MIT have outdone themselves again. Not only did they develop a robot that can run untethered while mimicking the bounding gate of a quadruped, but now their speedy cheetah can even jump.