Tiny device could replace expensive lab-scale equipment for many applications.

Technique from MIT could lead to tiny, self-powered devices for environmental, industrial, or medical monitoring.

CSAIL wireless system suggests future where doctors could implant sensors to track tumors or even dispense drugs.

Technique can capture a scene at multiple depths with one shutter click — no zoom lens needed.

Hydrogen peroxide-sensing molecule reveals whether chemotherapy drugs are having their intended effects.

Made of electronic circuits coupled to minute particles, the devices could flow through intestines or pipelines to detect problems.

Improved design may be used for exploring disaster zones and other dangerous or inaccessible environments.

Platform may enable continuous, low-cost, reliable devices that detect chemicals in the environment.

Wireless smart-home system from the Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory could monitor diseases and help the elderly “age in place.”

New bolometer is faster, simpler, and covers more wavelengths.