Study finds rising temperatures feed more energy to thunderstorms, less to general circulation.

Rahsaan Hall of the ACLU’s Massachusetts branch delivers keynote at annual MIT event.

The material’s properties could guide the design of flexible body armor, a new study suggests.

Veronica Toro ’16, who began rowing at MIT, recently became the first Puerto Rican woman to qualify for the Pan American Games.

Professor David Autor’s latest research shows how economic polarization stems from urban job loss.

Institute Professor John Deutch proposes a demonstration project to show how renewable energy could provide 95 percent of electricity generation.

MIT spinoff Benchling is developing software that allows lab scientists to store notes and records in the cloud, and is aimed at enabling scientists to “more easily use the records to collaborate with one another.”

Professor Sara Seager discusses her work searching for an Earth-like planet orbiting a sunlike star. “You never know what’s going to happen,” Seager says. “But I know that something great is around those stars.”

A storytelling robot developed by MIT researchers could be used to help boost language skills in young children.