Discovery could offer clues on the nature of dark matter. In a discovery announced Jan. 18, an international team of researchers has found a dark dwarf galaxy about 10 billion light years from Earth.

Talks explore the mind/machine interface and the science of predicting the economy, among other topics.

MIT neuroscientists explore how longstanding conflict influences empathy for others. MIT postdoc Emile Bruneau has long been drawn to conflict - not as a participant, but an observer.

Cognitive scientists develop a new take on an old problem: why human language has so many words with multiple meanings.

A new sunflower-inspired pattern increases concentrated solar efficiency. Just outside Seville, in the desert region of Andalucia, Spain, sits an oasis-like sight: a 100-meter-high pillar surrounded by rows of giant mirrors rippling outward.

Site's U.S. growth relied primarily on media attention, geographic proximity of users. We've all heard it: The Internet has flattened the world, allowing social networks to spring up overnight, independent of geography or socioeconomic status.

New study suggests that electric-powered trucks will save money for businesses. A company looking to purchase an electric-powered delivery truck today will likely experience some sticker shock: Such a vehicle costs nearly $150,000, compared to about $50,000 for the same kind of truck with a standard internal-combustion engine.

Third annual Zero Robotics competition pits robots against each other on the International Space Station.

The Engineering Systems Division's Center for Transportation & Logistics (CTL) is pleased to announce that MIT has been selected to lead the U.S. Department of Transportation Research & Innovative Technology Administration (RITA) University Transportation Center for the New England Region.

For a large range of practically useful cases, MIT researchers find a way to increase the speed of one of the most important algorithms in the information sciences.

Automakers have made great strides in fuel efficiency in recent decades - but the mileage numbers of individual vehicles have barely increased.

Model of flu proteins suggests new way to design vaccines that slow mutations. If you get vaccinated against the flu and then become infected with the virus, your body mounts an immune response that prevents you from getting sick.