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MIT engineers grew an artificial, muscle-powered structure that pulls both concentrically and radially

"A Mystery for You" is an educational game that fosters critical thinking and fact-checking skills in young learners

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Study shows making hydrogen with soda cans and seawater is scalable and sustainable

Christening the “Chrys Chryssostomidis”

Engineers 3D print sturdy glass bricks for building structures

Four from MIT named 2025 Goldwater Scholars

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

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July 17, 2025 Data-Driven Modeling of 4D Ocean and Coastal Acidification in the Massachusetts and Cape Cod Bays

Data-Driven Modeling of 4D Ocean and Coastal Acidification in the Massachusetts and Cape Cod Bays

July 16, 2025 With “MIT Fundamentos Electrónicos,” MechE Grad Student Brings Electronics Workshops to Students in Mexico

The summer months and Independent Activities Period (IAP) are both prime time for MIT students to engage in learning and research outside of the regular academic year. Summer provides a longer...

July 5, 2025 Professor John H. Lienhard V Elected Honorary Member of ASME

Honorary Membership is one of the highest honors bestowed by the ASME Board of Governors

July 4, 2025 Robotic probe quickly measures key properties of new materials

Developed to analyze new semiconductors, the system could streamline the development of more powerful solar panels.

June 30, 2025 Meet the MITAA President: Stephen P. DeFalco ’83, SM ’88

New leader of the Alumni Association seeks engagement across generations.

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What’s so unique about the MIT MechE spirit? Hear it straight from our students and faculty in this short video.

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MIT Robot Learns How to Play Jenga

Using machine-learning and sensory hardware, Alberto Rodriguez, assistant professor of mechanical engineering and members of MIT's MCube lab, have developed a robot that is learning how to play the game Jenga®. The technology could be used in robots for manufacturing assembly lines.

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Design for the Developing World

In MIT D-Lab class 2.729, Design for Scale, MIT students work with clients in the developing world to manufacture products in a more cost-efficient and effective way – from ambulances in Tanzania to an irrigation pump in Nepal.

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