Q&A: David Autor on the long afterlife of the “China shock”
MIT economist’s new research shows U.S. locales hammered by open trade with China have not rebounded, even a decade or more later.
MIT economist’s new research shows U.S. locales hammered by open trade with China have not rebounded, even a decade or more later.
The potent new adjuvant could be used to help make vaccines against HIV and other infectious diseases.
The boiling new world, which zips around its star at ultraclose range, is among the lightest exoplanets found to date.
New results show North Atlantic hurricanes have increased in frequency over the last 150 years.
Researchers make the case for a semisolid electrochemical compound as a cost-efficient, grid-scale battery backup for wind and solar power.
The Raman spectroscopy-based method enables early detection and quantification of pathogens in plants, to enhance plant disease management.
MIT visiting scholar is motivated by foundational science at the edges of the periodic table.
Professor Fotini Christia is part of a team examining the challenges of implementing community policing across a range of countries.
New analysis could help identify optimal materials for the crisscrossing struts that bolster bridges, towers, and buildings.
A new machine-learning model could enable robots to understand interactions in the world in the way humans do.
A new study finds the clusters form small, stable droplets and may give the genome a gel-like structure.
A newly discovered “ultrahot Jupiter” has the shortest orbit of any known gas giant.
A new survey underscores how material needs lead to movement within the Americas — at a high cost to those trying to relocate.
The findings could inform the design of new materials such as iridescent windows or waterproof textiles.
A new study finds curious properties of tiny crystals hold clues to earthquake formation.