Long-lasting capsule can remain in the stomach and release contraceptive drugs over several weeks.
December 4, 2019Course 2.00a (Fundamentals of Engineering Design: Explore Space, Sea and Earth) empowers first-year students to build machines early in their academic careers.
November 27, 2019Baggeroer, Flynn, Harris, Klopfer, Lauffenburger, and Leonard are recognized for their efforts to advance science.
November 26, 2019Ali Daher, Claire Halloran, Francisca Vasconcelos, Billy Andersen Woltz, and Megan Yamoah will begin postgraduate studies at Oxford University next fall.
November 23, 2019New material should be relatively easy to produce at an industrial scale, researchers say.
November 22, 2019MIT-Italy helps build supercharged partnerships on campus and across the globe.
November 19, 2019Mgcini "Keith" Phuthi ’19, a native Zimbabwean, uses his experiences at MIT to develop improvements in education policy in Sierra Leone through MISTI-Africa.
November 18, 2019The Rhodes Scholarship offers opportunities for Arab students.
November 15, 2019MIT students from the fields of bioengineering, business, computer science, and energy science receive the prestigious awards.
November 12, 2019Its extendable appendage can meander through tight spaces and then lift heavy loads.
November 7, 2019Envisioning the future (and challenges) of designing affordable technology-enabled mobility devices.
November 1, 2019MIT and University of Colorado researchers are collaborating on an experiment to be sent to the International Space Station.
November 1, 2019New control system may enable humanoid robots to do heavy lifting and other physically demanding tasks.
October 30, 2019Passive device relies on a layer of material that blocks incoming sunlight but lets heat radiate away.
October 30, 2019New adhesive that binds wet surfaces within seconds could be used to heal wounds or implant medical devices.
October 30, 2019At the sixth annual Mechanical Engineering Research Exhibition, graduate students and postdocs sharpen their communication and presentation skills.
October 29, 2019Mechanical engineering students in MIT D-Lab are working with collaborators in Uganda on a solution for the health hazards associated with wood-burning stoves.
October 22, 2019Systems “learn” from novel dataset that captures how pushed objects move, to improve their physical interactions with new objects.
October 21, 2019Study shows tumors with softer, larger cells at their periphery are more likely to spread; may suggest new route for cancer therapy.
October 21, 2019An algorithm speeds up the planning process robots use to adjust their grip on objects, for picking and sorting, or tool use.
October 17, 2019