A robot searching for workers trapped in a partially collapsed mine shaft must rapidly generate a map of the scene and identify its location within that scene as it navigates the treacherous terrain.Researchers have recently started building powerful machine-learning models to perform this complex task using only images from the [...]

What if clinicians could place tiny electronic chips in the brain that electrically stimulate a precise target, through a simple injection in the arm? This may someday help treat deadly or debilitating brain diseases, while eliminating surgery-related risks and costs.MIT researchers have taken a major step toward making this scenario [...]

More than 70 aircraft are struck by lightning every day. If you happen to be flying when a strike occurs, chances are you won't feel a thing, thanks to lightning protection measures that are embedded in key zones throughout the aircraft.Lightning protection systems work well, largely because they are designed [...]

Cancer immunotherapy, which uses drugs that stimulate the body's immune cells to attack tumors, is a promising approach to treating many types of cancer. However, it doesn't work well for some tumors, including ovarian cancer.To elicit a better response, MIT researchers have designed new nanoparticles that can deliver an immune-stimulating [...]

Researchers from the MIT Media Lab have developed an antenna — about the size of a fine grain of sand — that can be injected into the body to wirelessly power deep-tissue medical implants, such as pacemakers in cardiac patients and neuromodulators in people suffering from epilepsy or Parkinson's disease.“This [...]