A group of Massachusetts Institute of Technology pranksters transformed the school’s Great Dome Saturday night into Captain America’s shield in celebration of the new “Avengers” movie. One of the ...

As a model-view-template (MVT) framework, Django is slightly different from MVC (model-view-controller) frameworks like Express and Spring. But the distinction isn’t hugely important. A Django ...

Bottom line: The MIT engineers' solar-powered desalination system represents a significant leap forward in sustainable water treatment technology. By eliminating the need for batteries and maximizing ...

Modern forms of coding make most websites feel like commercial transactions. The HTML Energy movement aims to bring back the joys of the early days. Websites weren’t always slick digital experiences.

Python Software Foundation survey finds that a significant number of Python developers are still using Python 2 for data analysis, computer graphics, and devops. Python 3 was by far the choice over ...

MIT researchers have developed a new material that's as strong as steel but as light as plastic. It can be easily manufactured in large quantities, and the use cases range from lightweight coatings ...

Robots have plenty of potential to help people with limited mobility, including models that could help the infirm put on clothes. That's a particularly challenging task, however, that requires ...

Using credit cards stimulates the brain's reward system and an urge for further spending, according to a recent study from MIT that examined the neuroscience of buying things. Credit card shopping ...

Breaking dry spaghetti noodles into precisely two parts might seem impossible, but scientists at MIT have done exactly that. In a paper published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ...

Researchers at MIT's Media Lab are giving a "voice" to that voice inside your head. The team has come up with a way to communicate with a computer system by having users "speak silently" to themselves ...