A nuclear fusion startup led by scientists at MIT to create a revolutionary fusion nuclear reactor that would imitate the way the sun generates energy is getting ready to go on a hiring spree.

MIT researchers have unveiled a silicon-photonics chip that reduces interference between optical antennas, enabling lidar systems to scan wider angles without sacrificing accuracy. The innovation ...

Engineers designed an 'architected' reef that can mimic the wave-buffering effects of natural reefs while providing pockets for marine life. The sustainable and cost-saving structure could dissipate ...

Over the course of more than 150 years, countless groundbreaking designs have emerged from Massachusetts Institute of Technology: the first completely solar-powered house, PET scans, and a way to ...

The blades of propellers and wind turbines are designed based on aerodynamics principles that were first described mathematically more than a century ago. But engineers have long realized that these ...

In Washington and Lee University Mudd Center for Ethics’ 2023-2024 series, how design thinking might address modern ethical dilemmas is explored in “Ethics of Design.” The lecture series by MIT ...