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Technology developed by MIT engineers makes pesticides stick to plant leaves

Inaugural Morningside Academy for Design Professorships named

MIT engineers developed a technique for making intricate structures with supports that can be dissolved and reused instead of thrown away

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Creeping crystals: Observing salt creep at the single crystal scale

Ellen Roche

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New 3D bioprinting technique may improve production of engineered tissue

Photo Gallery: Celebrating the Class of 2022

Celebrating the Class of 2022 during Commencement Week.

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New bioadhesive strategy can prevent fibrous encapsulation around device implants on peripheral nerves

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

Rohit Karnik is the new director of the Abdul Latif Jameel Water and Food Systems Lab.

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January 20, 2026 Electrifying boilers to decarbonize industry

Electrifying boilers to decarbonize industry.

January 19, 2026 A new way to “paint with light” to create radiant, color-changing items

A new way to “paint with light” to create radiant, color-changing items.

January 13, 2026 Alum Startup Gives Ski Style a Lift

Alum Startup Gives Ski Style a Lift

January 7, 2026 2.009 mechanical engineering students embrace “cycles”

2.009 mechanical engineering students embrace “cycles”

January 7, 2026 Eighteen MIT faculty honored as “Committed to Caring” for 2025-27

Eighteen MIT faculty honored as “Committed to Caring” for 2025-27

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Mining the Deep Sea

Mining minerals found 15,000 feet below sea level could help secure a low-carbon future, but at what cost? Researchers including Thomas Peacock, professor of mechanical engineering at MIT, are racing to understand the environmental impact of deep-sea mining.

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A Cleaner Burn

Millions of people die each year as a result of soot or smoke inhalation from these wood-burning cookstoves. A team of students from MIT’s Department of Mechanical Engineering and MIT D-Lab are helping a start-up in Uganda manufacture charcoal briquettes that produce a cleaner burn, minimizing these health risks.

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Sangbae Kim: Inspired by Nature

Associate Professor Sangbae Kim describes his cutting-edge research in the area of biomimetics, the study of biological systems as models for the design and engineering of robots.

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