NBC News' Ellison Barber talks to MIT Professor of Nuclear Science Jacopo Buongiorno about the U.S. airlifting nuclear reactors and what that could mean for nuclear power in the country.

Steelmaking is an important part of our global industries. However, the process by which we make steel is extremely bad for the climate, with the byproducts of the process accounting for roughly seven ...

AT MIT, THEY’RE WORKING ON DODGING ASTEROIDS. MOTHER EARTH RECENTLY DODGED A BULLET. AN ASTEROID THE SIZE OF AN EIGHT STORY BUILDING. BUT WE’RE NOT ENTIRELY IN THE CLEAR. YEAH, THERE MIGHT BE MORE ...

Scientists at MIT have developed a type of soundproof sheet that can not only cancel or block the sound, but it will even reflect the sound back at the maker. This new development could prove ...

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is fundamentally altering the landscape of scientific discovery, marking a significant step towards the development of artificial superintelligence (ASI). A new study from ...

For decades, scientists have puzzled over why lunar rocks show signs of strong magnetism when the moon itself has no global magnetic field today. New simulations suggest the answer may lie in a ...

The Georgetown University Earth Commons Institute, a center for environmental and sustainability innovation, research education and action, hosted a talk Feb. 9 titled “Addressing Climate Change and ...

Science classrooms across the globe have been pedalling a lie for decades, maybe even centuries. Eggs are not stronger when dropped on their ends. So say researchers from MIT, who claim that eggs are ...