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Adhesive coatings can prevent scarring around medical implants

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New model predicts how shoe properties affect a runner’s performance

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Turning history of science into a comic adventure

An assisted step forward: Max Burns talks about the process, and teamwork, of invention

MIT engineers design flexible “skeletons” for soft, muscle-powered robots

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MIT design would harness 40 percent of the sun’s heat to produce clean hydrogen fuel

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The MIT Bike Lab: A place for community, hands-on learning

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

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October 7, 2024 Artificial intelligence meets “blisk” in new DARPA-funded collaboration

Professor Kripa Varanasi published a new study of bubbles on electrode surfaces that could help improve the efficiency of electrochemical processes that produce fuels, chemicals, and materials.

October 7, 2024 Bubble findings could unlock better electrode and electrolyzer designs

Professor Kripa Varanasi published a new study of bubbles on electrode surfaces that could help improve the efficiency of electrochemical processes that produce fuels, chemicals, and materials.

October 7, 2024 Solar-powered desalination system requires no extra batteries

Professor Amos Winter, PhD student Jonathan Bessette, and team have demonstrated a solar-powered desalination technology that requires no extra batteries for energy storage, nor a supplemental power supply.

October 1, 2024 Translating MIT research into real-world results

MIT researchers who have received J-WAFS Solutions grants are taking their water and food technologies from the lab and implementing them in the real world, creating positive impacts for communities around the globe.

September 24, 2024 Crack densification in drying colloidal suspensions

A new study by Paul Lilin and Irmgard Bischofberger, rationalizes the spectacular crack patternsformed by drying drops of a colloidal suspension by considering the energy released by each successive crack.

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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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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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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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