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Noninvasive imaging could replace finger pricks for people with diabetes

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Three MIT students named 2026 Schwarzman Scholars

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“Each of us holds a piece of the solution”

Professors Maria Yang and Kenneth Oye are members of the 2023-25 Committed to Caring cohort

J-WAFS marks 10 years of promoting student engagement across the Institute to help solve the world

Photo Gallery: Visualizing MechE Research: Scientific Photos by Felice Frankel

MIT Blackjack Team Shares Tips, Stories

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Introducing the MIT-GE Vernova Climate and Energy Alliance

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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Life as a Teaching Tool

Anette ‘Peko’ Hosoi finds inspiration while downhill biking at Highland Mountain Bike Park in New Hampshire.

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A Cleaner Burn

Millions of people die each year as a result of soot or smoke inhalation from these wood-burning cookstoves. A team of students from MIT’s Department of Mechanical Engineering and MIT D-Lab are helping a start-up in Uganda manufacture charcoal briquettes that produce a cleaner burn, minimizing these health risks.

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Bio-Inspired Robotics

MIT Mechanical Engineering students in Professor Sangbae Kim’s class explore why certain physical traits have evolved in animals in the natural world, then extract those useful principles, which are applicable to robotic systems, to solve such challenges as manipulation and locomotion in novel and interesting ways.

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