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A longtime leader of MIT EMS, senior Abigail Schipper hopes to increase peoples’ access to medical advancements.

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Ping pong bot returns shots with precision

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“Cold spray” 3D printing technique proves effective for on-site bridge repair

Among the 2024 AAAS Fellows are six current faculty, research staff, and MIT Corporation members.

MIT engineers uncover a surprising reason why tissues are flexible or rigid

Photo Gallery: Celebrating the Class of 2022

Celebrating the Class of 2022 during Commencement Week.

Eldercare robot helps people sit and stand, and catches them if they fall.

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Digital Instruments for Musical Togetherness

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

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December 4, 2025 MIT announces 2025 Bose Grants

MIT announces 2025 Bose Grants

December 4, 2025 MADMEC winners develop spray-on coating to protect power lines from ice

MADMEC winners develop spray-on coating to protect power lines from ice

December 4, 2025 Cultivating confidence and craft across disciplines

Cultivating confidence and craft across disciplines

December 3, 2025 A smarter way for large language models to think about hard problems

A smarter way for large language models to think about hard problems

December 3, 2025 MIT School of Engineering faculty and staff receive awards in summer 2025

MIT School of Engineering faculty and staff receive awards in summer 2025

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We Are MechE at MIT

What’s so unique about the MIT MechE spirit? Hear it straight from our students and faculty in this short video.

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Water is Life

As overpopulation and lack of rainfall fuel a crisis-level need in rural India for affordable drinking water, PhD candidate Natasha Wright and Assistant Professor Amos Winter work to design a low-cost desalination system, guided by insight from their extensive in-the-field research.

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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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