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Engineering Better Sleep During Menopause

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Merging AI and underwater photography to reveal hidden ocean worlds

Merging AI and underwater photography to reveal hidden ocean worlds

Kodiak Brush ’17 went from MIT middle linebacker to leading the development of a safer football helmet.

Kodiak Brush ’17 went from MIT middle linebacker to leading the development of a safer football helmet.

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Robot, know thyself: New vision-based system teaches machines to understand their bodies

Robot, know thyself: New vision-based system teaches machines to understand their bodies

Jeehwan Kim

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“Each of us holds a piece of the solution”

“Each of us holds a piece of the solution”

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Sili Deng

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Undergraduates from Tecnológico de Monterrey learned to build low-cost fiber-extrusion devices alongside MIT peers

Undergraduates from Tecnológico de Monterrey learned to build low-cost fiber-extrusion devices alongside MIT peers

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

An inflatable gastric balloon could help people lose weight

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August 12, 2025 MIT gears up to transform manufacturing

MIT gears up to transform manufacturing

August 10, 2025 Faculty Feature: Gene Delivery Technique Combines Microfluidics With Electric Shock

Faculty Feature: Gene Delivery Technique Combines Microfluidics With Electric Shock

August 4, 2025 How MIT LGO alumni are powering Amazon’s global operations

How MIT LGO alumni are powering Amazon’s global operations

July 27, 2025 Creeping crystals: Observing salt creep at the single crystal scale

Creeping crystals: Observing salt creep at the single crystal scale

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Next Generation Electronics

Next Generation Electronics

Jeehwan Kim, associate professor of mechanical engineering at MIT, is using his background in materials science to build a physical neural network and produce cheap semiconductor wafers – technologies that could help bring the artificial intelligence power of super computers to handheld devices.

Engineering Fluids at the Nanoscale

Engineering Fluids at the Nanoscale

Professor Rohit Karnik addresses real-world challenges with his micro- and nano-fluidics research, uncovering the unique behavior of fluid flow at the molecular level.

Designing Toys

Designing Toys

In class 2.00b, Toy Product Design, offered by MIT’s Department of Mechanical Engineering, first-year students get hands-on engineering and product design experience while developing a prototype for a new toy.

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