A new MIT study suggests that greenhouse gas emissions are altering the space where satellites operate. Most satellites orbit in the thermosphere, a layer of Earth’s upper atmosphere. Naturally, this layer expands and contracts with the sun’s activity.

It’s hitching a ride to the moon to find out whether robots could someday repair spaceships like the one carrying it.

In the early 1960s, the Institute grappled with going beyond “Duck and Cover.” The bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945 helped bring World War II to a close. But it also launched a nuclear arms race that made the world a far more dangerous place.

Budding entrepreneurs can develop a fleshed-out business plan drawing on market research in a few days.

AI is reshaping jobs by boosting lower-skilled workers while sometimes making high-performers complacent. Success depends on using AI to enhance expertise not replace it.

MIT and NVIDIA's framework lets users correct robots in real time without retraining, improving accuracy by 21% using intuitive feedback.

The gear has been tested by U.S. Army and Navy personnel during a month-long winter research mission to the Arctic.

Pune on Monday said it has developed a modular Internet of Things (IoT)-enabled tablet and capsule dispenser, designed for automated and remotely monitored medication management. This device is intended to assist individuals with complex dosing schedules by ensuring precise and timely medication dispensing,

SMART researchers, in collaboration with TLL and MIT, have developed a nanosensor for noninvasive, real-time tracking of iron levels in plants, potentially transforming crop management and fertilization strategies.

If you’ve never juggled before, you might think it just involves keeping as many objects as possible in the air—but there’s a lot more to it than that, says Cole Perkinson, PhD ’23, president of the MIT Juggling Club from 2015 to 2022.

Four Nigerian PhD students at Northeastern University, Boston won $5,000 at the first edition of the MIT Africa Business Challenge 2025.The hackathon was organised as a part of the 14th edition of the MIT Africa Innovate Conference,