Scientists at MIT have discovered that a little-known protein called intelectin-2 plays a powerful double role in defending the gut. The protein strengthens the mucus layer that lines the ...

MIT physicists have built a powerful new microscope that uses terahertz light to uncover hidden quantum motions inside superconductors. By compressing this normally unwieldy light into a tiny region, ...

His method of locating genes in human DNA allowed researchers to find disease-causing genes, and later to map the entire, sprawling human genome.

Curiosity-driven research has long sparked technological transformations. A century ago, curiosity about atoms led to quantum mechanics, and eventually the transistor at the heart of modern computing.

Curiosity-driven research has long sparked technological transformations. A century ago, curiosity about atoms led to quantum mechanics, and ...

Comfiknit and MIT have been collaborating since January 2024 to develop innovative strategies and design principles to ...

More than 10,000 Americans are waiting for a liver transplant. Many more never make the list, because they are too sick to ...

Jiang returns to China to advance information technology by creating smaller, faster and more energy-efficient computer chips ...

What if clean drinking water could be produced directly from the air? Scientists are exploring technologies that can capture moisture from the atmosphere and turn it into usable water. One of the ...

Semiconductor scientist Jiang Jianfeng, 30, has returned to China's Peking University as an associate professor and PhD supervisor just 18 months after earning his doctorate, a trajectory that ...

Check out the press program for the American Physical Society’s Global Physics Summit today. The conference will be held in Denver and online everywhere March 15-20.

WASHINGTON, March 17, 2026 — AIP and the American Physical Society are honored to award Charles Thorn with the 2026 Dannie Heineman Prize for Mathematical Physics. Thorn is being recognized for ...