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Design for the Developing World

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Digital Instruments for Musical Togetherness

Palladium filters could enable cheaper, more efficient generation of hydrogen fuel

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MIT engineers find a precise way to grow artificial blood vessels

Soft materials hold onto “memories” of their past, for longer than previously thought

Photo Gallery: The Eric P. & Evelyn E. Newman Lab Open House

The Eric P and Evelyn E Newman Laboratory provides a new home for robotics and biomechanics research in MechE.

New control system teaches soft robots the art of staying safe

How artificial intelligence can help achieve a clean energy future

Prof. Anand presents major advances in coupled theories for large-deformation solid mechanics in his new book.

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July 23, 2026 Working to automate nuclear plant operations

Working to automate nuclear plant operations

July 22, 2026 MIT projects selected for funding under US Department of Energy’s Genesis Mission

MIT projects selected for funding under US Department of Energy’s Genesis Mission

July 20, 2026 MIT honors employees with 2026 Excellence Awards, Collier Medal, and Staff Award for Distinction in Service

MIT honors employees with 2026 Excellence Awards

July 15, 2026 A better way to turn 2D designs into 3D models for rapid prototyping

A better way to turn 2D designs into 3D models for rapid prototyping

July 13, 2026 MIT engineers find a precise way to grow artificial blood vessels

Gently stretching and pulling a “blood vessel on a chip” encourages controlled sprouting of new vessels, for possible use in artificial tissues or organs.

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Sealing Wounds with Tape

MIT engineers led by Associate Professor Xuanhe Zhao have designed a double-sided tape that can seal tissues in just five seconds. The tape could eventually replace surgical sutures, which don’t work well in all tissues and can cause complications in some patients.

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Learning Through Creation

Class 2.00a, Fundamentals of Engineering Design: Explore Space, Sea and Earth, empowers first-year students to build machines early in their academic careers at MIT.

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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.

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