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Salt creeping, a phenomenon that occurs in both natural and industrial processes, describes the collection and migration of salt crystals from evaporating solutions onto surfaces. Once they start...
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On Thursday, June 5, 11 individuals and four teams were awarded MIT Excellence Awards — the highest awards for staff at the Institute. Cheers from colleagues holding brightly colored signs and...
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In an office at MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL), a soft robotic hand carefully curls its fingers to grasp a small object. The intriguing part isn’t the...
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Inspired by a hitchhiking fish that uses a specialized suction organ to latch onto sharks and other marine animals, researchers from MIT and other institutions have designed a mechanical adhesive...
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The ocean absorbs about a quarter of carbon dioxide emissions in the atmosphere. When this carbon dioxide dissolves in seawater, it results in ocean acidification, affecting many ocean species like...
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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...
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The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Board of Governors has elected Professor John H. Lienhard V as an Honorary Member. The prestigious recognition is awarded for a lifetime of...
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Scientists are striving to discover new semiconductor materials that could boost the efficiency of solar cells and other electronics. But the pace of innovation is bottlenecked by the speed at which...
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The grandson of Italian immigrants, Stephen P. DeFalco ’83, SM ’88 was part of the first generation in his family to go to college. Attending MIT was a life-changing experience, he says, and that’s...
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It’s easy today for athletes to calculate how many vertical feet they’ve climbed, how many steps they’ve logged, and even whether they have been getting faster since last week or last year. But how...
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Assistant Professor Ritu Raman, the Eugene Bell Career Development Professor of Tissue Engineering in mechanical engineering, is among those selected to participate in the 2025 Grainger Foundation...
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Evelyn Wang ’00 knows a few things about engineering solutions to hard problems. After all, she invented a way to pull water out of thin air.
Now, Wang is applying that problem-solving experience —...
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In the Northeastern United States, the Gulf of Maine represents one of the most biologically diverse marine ecosystems on the planet — home to whales, sharks, jellyfish, herring, plankton, and...
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Four MIT rising seniors have been selected to receive a 2025 Barry Goldwater Scholarship, including Avani Ahuja and Jacqueline Prawira in the School of Engineering and Julianna Lian and Alex Tang...
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Water makes up around 60 percent of the human body. More than half of this water sloshes around inside the cells that make up organs and tissues. Much of the remaining water flows in the nooks and...
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More than half of the nation’s 623,218 bridges are experiencing significant deterioration. Through an in-field case study conducted in western Massachusetts, a team led by the University of...
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MIT has again been named the world’s top university by the QS World University Rankings, which were announced today. This is the 14th year in a row MIT has received this distinction.
The full 2026...
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Some things in life are certain: death, taxes, and—for many going through menopause—the misery of waking in a sweat due to hot flashes. A new MIT startup is working to change that last one...
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Art restoration takes steady hands and a discerning eye. For centuries, conservators have restored paintings by identifying areas needing repair, then mixing an exact shade to fill in one area at a...
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Today, 2.2 billion people in the world lack access to safe drinking water. In the United States, more than 46 million people experience water insecurity, living with either no running water or water...