Integer linear programming can help find the answer to a variety of real-world problems. Now researchers have found a much faster way to do it.

New approach may increase the effectiveness of T-cell-based immunotherapy treatments against solid tumors.

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Electronic transport measurements of the anomalous Hall effect can probe properties of a frustrated kagome spin ice that are hidden from conventional thermodynamic and magnetic probes.

In order to complete the transition to the era of large-scale integration, silicon photonics will have to overcome several challenges. Here, the authors outline what these challenges are and what it will take to tackle them.

Using ideas drawn from celestial mechanics, a US research team shows how light can be channeled through a clear, uniform dielectric—without waveguides or total internal reflection.

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With technological advances, students now type notes in class, but that may not be very good for learning outcomes.

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Writing by hand stimulates the senses better and could be crucial for better outcomes in learning. So write it down, not type it down.

MIT’s new shoe design customizes the running experience, ensuring optimal performance through a tailored fit—a transformation in sneaker technology.

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MIT engineers release a model for sneaker design, offering runners a future where shoes are as unique as their stride.

Solitons on demand.

‘We demonstrate solitons that are stable in a ring laser and form spontaneously with tuning laser bias, eliminating the need for an external optical pump.

A soliton is a self-reinforcing solitary wave that maintains its shape and travels at a constant speed.

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Free-running stable optical dissipative solitons, called Nozaki–Bekki solitons, are created in a ring semiconductor laser; their spontaneous formation with tuning of laser bias eliminates the need for an external optical pump.