Medical research plays a vital role in advancing healthcare, improving treatment, and informing public health policies. However, it can be difficult to understand a study or whether it is trustworthy.

Paper manufacturing is very energy-intensive, but there is great potential for improving energy efficiency. In a comprehensive research project conducted in close collaboration with industry, ...

New studies of the “platypus of materials” help explain how their atoms arrange themselves into orderly, but nonrepeating, ...

Researchers confirmed that Rapa Nui’s moai statues could “walk” upright using a rocking motion, aided by rope and just a few ...

Outlining the trial-and-error processes that are involved in every research project could help others to become more ...

At the heart of all lithium-ion batteries is a simple reaction: Lithium ions dissolved in an electrolyte solution "intercalate" or ...

A new study could guide the design of more powerful and faster charging lithium-ion batteries. MIT researchers measured ...

Joseph Coolon, associate professor of biology and director of the College of Integrative Sciences, has published five papers, ...

Why your phone charges quickly one day but slowly the next, or why electric cars still take an hour or more to charge, is a ...

New research shows how 911 caller emotion, urgency, and speech patterns can trigger suspicion—and why policing that relies on ...

New research reveals that Easter Island’s moai statues were built to “walk” upright using a rhythmic rocking motion.

Without further ado, here are the winners of the 2025 Ig Nobel prizes.