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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

MIT engineers have used 3D printing to create reusable glass bricks that withstand as much pressure as concrete blocks. What if construction materials could be put together, taken apart, and reused as ...

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — Over 11,000 Americans turn 65 each day, and with each passing year comes more risk for one of the most dangerous threats of aging: falls. But have no fear! Researchers from the ...

The next time you have to head out into the cold to shovel snow, you may be thinking about this man's invention. Dane Kouttron, an engineer at MIT, has made a remote-controlled snow blower. He says it ...