The new recyclable yarn mimics the stretch and strength of spandex.

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MIT engineers made a new stretchy yarn out of polyethylene, the same plastic used in milk jugs and grocery bags, instead of spandex blends that can’t be recycled. The new yarn can be melted down and ...

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Remote robotic-assisted surgery is far from new, with various educational and research institutions developing machines doctors can control from other locations over the years. There hasn't been a lot ...

MIT engineers designed an ingestible capsule that vibrates within the stomach. These vibrations activate the same stretch receptors that sense when the stomach is distended, creating an illusory sense ...

More than 10,000 Americans are waiting for a liver transplant. Many more never make the list, because they are too sick to handle a major surgery. That gap is why an idea that sounds a little strange ...

Polyethylene may be the underdog in the future of fabrics, according to engineers at MIT — and its recent research proves that the previously underrated material can actually be a wearable textile.

MIT engineers have built a proof of concept (PoC) flexible lithium-ion battery that could be woven into clothing one day and open a new field of wearable communication, sensing and computational ...

Artificial intelligence doesn’t have to be an all-or-nothing tool. Scientists at MIT have found that AI design systems that seek feedback from human experts can be more effective than independent AI ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The microspheres (green), hepatocytes (magenta), and supporting fibroblasts (orange) assemble and reorganize into engineered liver ...