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The MIT Department of Mechanical Engineering researches and teaches at the interfaces of ideas, where several disciplines such as physics, math, electronics, and computer science, and engineering intersect in the nimble hands of broadly trained MIT mechanical engineers.

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Markus Buehler

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New electroadhesive hydrogel may be used for sustained drug administration for GI diseases.

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MIT engineers uncover a surprising reason why tissues are flexible or rigid

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Five with MIT ties elected to National Academy of Medicine for 2025

Lydia Bourouiba

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

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