Engineers at MIT and Imperial College London have developed a new way to generate tough, functional materials using a mixture of bacteria and yeast similar…

With help from spaghetti and color-changing fibers, a new mathematical model predicts a knot’s stability. In sailing, rock climbing, construction, and any activity requiring the…

MIT news writes that teaching a robot to play Jenga with traditional machine learning schemes require 10s of thousands of tested attempts — not too…

MIT-developed process could offer nontoxic alternative to environmentally harmful chemicals.   Fabrics that resist water are essential for everything from rainwear to military tents, but…