MIT School of Engineering

Developing more cost-effective wind turbines requires controlled environments for researchers to conduct tests. Now a team, including researchers in @MIT_CEE, are using a wind tunnel that features high pressurization to simulate the real-world atmosphere.

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RNA vaccines — proven effective against Covid-19 and in development for cancer and other diseases — require ultracold storage. Using an AI algorithm, MIT researchers reformulated these vaccines to withstand higher temperatures.

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Engineers in @MITMechE have developed a design for a thin, muscle-powered robot that can swim through a simple watery maze, covering a distance of about four times its body length in one minute.

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This fall, astronaut and retired Air Force Colonel E. Michael Fincke ‘89 joined the faculty of @MITAeroAstro as a full-time Professor of the Practice.

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MIT researchers have developed a system that translates the components of a natural object into building blocks that can be used to design synthetic structures.

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Researchers in @mit_nse working with the Idaho National Laboratory (INL) have led one of the most detailed studies of the nuclear fuel U-10Zr (uranium alloyed with 10% zirconium by weight) to date.

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A team, including researchers in @MITAeroAstro, is exploring ways that habitats in extreme environments can support a person’s mental, emotional, and social wellbeing.

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Sidhant Kumar SM ’26, an @MIT_CEE graduate, co-founded the startup NZeroC AI to continuously monitor industrial plant camera footage and help avoid mistakes.

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In a @nchembio paper, a team, including researchers in @MITdeptofBE, has engineered bacteria that can function as transistors — switches that can turn current on or off in an electrical circuit.

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To help make CAR-T cell therapy accessible to more cancer patients, researchers at MIT have developed a new way to protect the cells from damage that can occur when they are frozen for storage and shipment.

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In a @NatureNano paper, a team, including researchers in @MITEECS, has developed a scalable fabrication technique that incorporates delicate molecular materials into electronic devices on a chip without causing damage.

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A new system co-developed by Lydia Bourouiba, a professor in @MIT_CEE, @MITMechE, and a core faculty member of @MIT_IMES, could become a global research standard to study diseases transmitted through the air.

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A team, including researchers in @MIT_CEE, has developed a way to 3D-print concrete while accounting for the physical limitations of large-scale concrete printers.

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A team, including researchers in @MITMechE, hopes to cut down on the growing mountain of textile waste, with a new, recyclable yarn.

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As a fifth-year PhD candidate in @mit_dmse, Hugh Smith studies sodium-ion batteries, an emerging alternative to the lithium-ion batteries that power everything from smartphones to electric vehicles.

📸: Adam Glanzman

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In a @NatureComms paper, MIT researchers have demonstrated a new way to study how heat moves through multilayered materials, combining X-rays that penetrate multiple layers with laser pulses for delivering heat.

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A new 3D-printing system created by MIT researchers enables users to produce interactive objects, which change their appearance when they are pressed, slid, or turned, without the use of any internal electronics.

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A team, including researchers from @MITEECS, has discovered and harnessed a method to generate a large area of ultrathin superconducting material that remains stable in air.

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Fall colors are making their way back to MIT 🍁

#autumnequinox

📸: Gretchen Ertl

To address the need for energy storage systems that are low-cost, resource-abundant, and capable of fast charging and discharging, a group of researchers based at MIT is developing sodium-metal batteries.

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