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Checking the quality of materials just got easier with a new AI tool

Carlos Portela

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Cultivating confidence and craft across disciplines

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New AI agent learns to use CAD to create 3D objects from sketches

Not quite a solid, not quite a liquid: Meet hydrogels

Tool Designer Puts “Mind and Hand” to Work

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Four from MIT named 2025 Goldwater Scholars

Lydia Bourouiba

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Kaitlyn Becker

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Secretary of Energy Chris Wright ’85 visits MIT

Prof. Anand presents major advances in coupled theories for large-deformation solid mechanics in his new book.

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June 3, 2026 Developing innovative alternatives to conventional carbon capture methods

Developing innovative alternatives to conventional carbon capture methods

June 1, 2026 Ambassadors of STEM

Ambassadors of STEM

June 1, 2026 Ultrasound-based pacemaker noninvasively steadies the heart

Ultrasound-based pacemaker noninvasively steadies the heart

May 25, 2026 Ten from MIT accept 2026 Fulbright awards

Ten from MIT accept 2026 Fulbright awards

May 25, 2026 Bridging real human movement with digital technology

Bridging real human movement with digital technology

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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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Designing Toys

In class 2.00b, Toy Product Design, offered by MIT’s Department of Mechanical Engineering, first-year students get hands-on engineering and product design experience while developing a prototype for a new toy.

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