Three Mile Island, the Pennsylvania nuclear plant that was the site of a 1979 reactor accident, is reopening to generate ...

The team points to glass’ optical properties and its “infinite recyclability” as reasons for turning to the material.

Yet-Ming Chiang’s research on materials science might seem esoteric. But he’s used it to build an array of companies in areas ...

A federal court ruled that a startup called Kalshi could begin selling “event contracts” that would let people bet on which ...

MIT researchers have developed a new HIV vaccination method that generates a strong immune response with just two doses, one ...

MIT engineers have created 3D-printed, interlocking recycled glass bricks that could revolutionize sustainable construction.

Watching for changes in the Red Planet’s orbit over time could be a new way to detect passing dark matter. MIT physicists ...

MIT students left the List Visual Arts Center with works by contemporary artists to hang in their homes for the academic year ...

Engineers developed a new kind of reconfigurable masonry made from 3D-printed, recycled glass. The bricks could be reused many times over in building facades and internal walls.

“Glass is a highly recyclable material,” says Kaitlyn Becker, an assistant professor of mechanical engineering at MIT. “At ...

The 3D-printed glass bricks, each shaped like a figure eight, are designed to interlock similar to LEGO bricks. In mechanical ...

MIT and Stanford University lead the world in Mechanical, Aeronautical & Manufacturing Engineering, ranking first and second, ...