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President Barack Obama on Friday presented MIT professors Sallie (Penny) Chisholm and Robert Langer with the nation’s highest honors for scientific discovery and invention. They were among 22 eminent...
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There’s a tricky chemical trade-off at work in our skies. As greenhouse gases provide their famous warming effect to Earth’s surface, aerosol pollution in the atmosphere actually partly counteracts...
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The late MIT Professor Harold “Doc” Edgerton enchanted the world with his high-speed flash photography, which could “freeze time” down to the millionth of a second — as a bullet tore through a banana...
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Zhang Baile Named One of Top 35 Innovators Under 35
Assistant Professor Zhang Baile of Nanyang Technological University (NTU) in Singapore has recently been recognized by Technology Review’s highly...
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We are pleased to introduce two new faculty members to the Department, Lieutenant Commander Jerod Ketcham and Assistant Professor Alexie Kolpak.
Alexie Kolpak, Assistant Professor
Professor...
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We are pleased to announce the promotions of Professor Daniel Frey and Professor Nicolas Hadjiconstantinou, both from the rank of Associate Professor with Tenure to Full Professor; Professor Pierre...
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“In this issue, we showcase the immense impact our faculty research has had on human health and comfort, consumer empowerment, and fundamental biological understanding.”
Mary C. Boyce, Ford...
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The 2-A Flexible Degree Program Offers In-Depth Undergraduate Study
Professor Youcef-Toumi directs students in one of MechE’s robotics courses, Course 2.12 Introduction to Robotics.
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CEO and Founder, WiCare
by Alissa Mallinson
Photo courtesy of Danielle Zurovcik
Danielle Zurovcik (SM ‘07, PhD ‘11) conducted her doctoral research on a high-tech medical device, but in her...
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CEO and Cofounder, Firefly BioWorks
by Alissa Mallinson
Photo courtesy of Davide Marini
What was missing in the biomedical market that inspired you to cofound Firefly?
Many of the technologies...
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Assistant Professor Sangbae Kim works on his lab’s current bioinspired project, the robotic cheetah.
Photo Credit: M. Scott Brauer
by Alissa Mallinson
MIT’s Department of Mechanical...
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Engineering Light-Activated Muscles
by Jennifer Chu, MIT News Office
Many robotic designs take nature as their muse: sticking to walls like geckos, swimming through water like tuna, sprinting...
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Visualizing Sneaky Tumor Cells
Professor Roger Kamm and PhD candidate Ioannis Zervantonakis.
Photo Credit: Tony Pulsone
by Alissa Mallinson
Not many people have watched as a single...
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In a New Microchip, Cells Separate by Rolling Away
Associate Professor Rohit Karnik in his lab.
Karnik’s new microfluidic device isolates target cells (in pink) from the rest of the flow...
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A Lifetime of Bioengineering Achievement
by Alissa Mallinson
Photo credit: Tony Pulsone
Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Biological Engineering C. Forbes Dewey Jr. first came to MIT’s...
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A Lifetime of Biomaterials Engineering Achievement
by Alissa Mallinson
Professor Ioannis V. YannasPhoto courtesy of Professor Yannas
In 1969, Professor Ioannis V. Yannas was an expert on...
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The Micro Mass Spectrometer
by Alissa Mallinson
Photo credit: Tony Pulsone
Professor Ian W. Hunter sat down with us recently to discuss one of his newest inventions, a miniature (“micro”)...
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Oceans at MIT's Genevieve Wanucha sat down with Chiang C. Mei, Ford Professor Emeritus of Engineering in MIT's Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, to ask for his perspective on the...
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Three MIT researchers were named Marine Microbiology Initiative investigators on Monday by the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation — an honor that includes funding for pioneering research in the field...
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Each winter, wide swaths of the Arctic Ocean freeze to form sheets of sea ice that spread over millions of square miles. This ice acts as a massive sun visor for the Earth, reflecting solar radiation...