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There is no question that violin-making is an art form. It requires a musician’s ear, a craftsperson’s skill, and an historian’s appreciation of lessons learned over time. Making a violin also takes...
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Under a microscope, a bouquet of lollipop-like structures, each smaller than a grain of sand, waves gently in a petri dish of liquid. Suddenly, they snap together, like the jaws of a Venus flytrap,...
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MIT researchers discovered a paradoxical phenomenon in optical physics that could enable a new bioimaging method that’s faster and higher-resolution than existing technology.
They discovered that,...
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When you throw a ball in the air, the equations of classical physics will tell you exactly what path the ball will take as it falls, and when and where it will land. But if you were to squeeze that...
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Hydrogen sits at the center of some of the world’s most important industrial processes, but its production still comes with a heavy environmental cost. Today, most hydrogen is produced through high-...
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Designers, makers, and others often use 3D printing to rapidly prototype a range of functional objects, from movie props to medical devices. Accurate print previews are essential so users know a...
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QS World University Rankings has placed MIT in the No. 1 spot in 12 subject areas for 2026, the organization announced today.
The Institute received a No. 1 ranking in the following QS subject areas...
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The next time you’re scrolling your phone, take a moment to appreciate the feat: The seemingly mundane act is possible thanks to the coordination of 34 muscles, 27 joints, and over 100 tendons and...
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The MIT Department of Mechanical Engineering held its 2026 Research Exhibition (MERE) on March 5, bringing together undergraduates, graduate students, postdocs, and research affiliates to celebrate...
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Diagnosing some diseases could be as easy as breathing into a tube. MIT engineers have developed a test to detect disease-related compounds in a patient’s breath. The new test could provide a faster...
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“I’ve loved space for as long as I can remember,” says Palak Patel, a sixth-year doctoral student in MIT’s Department of Mechanical Engineering (MechE). As a girl, she “devoured” books about planets...
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Many engineering challenges come down to the same headache — too many knobs to turn and too few chances to test them. Whether tuning a power grid or designing a safer vehicle, each evaluation can be...
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In industrial plants around the world, tiny bubbles cause big problems. Bubbles clog filters, disrupt chemical reactions, reduce throughput during biomanufacturing, and can even cause overheating in...
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Associate Professor Faez Ahmed. Credit: John Freidah
Associate Professor Faez Ahmed, the Doherty Chair in Ocean Utilization, has been awarded an Amazon Research Award in Agentic AI for his proposal...
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Most materials have an inherent capacity to handle heat. Plastic, for instance, is typically a poor thermal conductor, whereas materials like marble move heat more efficiently. If you were to place...
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Metamaterials — materials whose properties are primarily dictated by their internal microstructure, and not their chemical makeup — have been redefining the engineering materials space for the last...
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What if ultrasound imaging is no longer confined to hospitals? Patients with chronic conditions, such as hypertension and heart failure, could be monitored continuously in real-time at home or on the...
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Kelly McGee ’17 wants to transform the way skiers hit the slopes. “Brands today are so high-performance focused. They’re great, but their marketing isn’t necessarily catering to how most people ski...
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A spray-on coating to keep power lines standing through an ice storm may not be the obvious fix for winter outages — but it’s exactly the kind of innovation that happens when MIT students tackle a...
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To make large language models (LLMs) more accurate when answering harder questions, researchers can let the model spend more time thinking about potential solutions.
But common approaches that give...