The tiny device uses a tightly focused beam of light to capture and manipulate cells.

Catherine Wolfram, MIT Sloan economist and former deputy assistant secretary for climate and energy economics in the Biden administration, highlights four scenarios she thinks are most likely to play out, depending on November’s election outcomes.

MIT’s innovation and entrepreneurship system helps launch water, food, and agriculture startups with social and economic benefits.

A study by MIT researchers suggests “Mars’ missing atmosphere may be locked up in the planet’s clay-rich surface.” According to the researchers, “ancient water trickling through Mars’ rocks could have triggered a series of chemical reactions, converting CO2 into methane and trapping the carbon in clay minerals for billions of years.”