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Saving Seaweed

PhD candidate Charlene Xia is developing a low-cost system to monitor the microbiome of seaweed farms and identify diseases before they spread.

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Using mechanics for cleaner membranes

A safer way to deploy bacteria as environmental sensors

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The tenured engineers of 2021

School of Engineering first quarter 2021 awards

Q&A: Options for the Diablo Canyon nuclear plant

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Computing for ocean environments

MIT Solar Electric Vehicle Team wins 2021 American Solar Challenge

A team led by Prof. Yang Shao-Horn shows a new universal descriptor for removal of nitrogen monoxide.

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