Tabletop factory-in-a-box makes hands-on manufacturing education more accessible
Inaugural cohort of Tecnológico de Monterrey undergraduates participate in immersive practicum at MIT featuring desktop fiber-extrusion devices, or FrEDs.
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Artificial muscle flexes in multiple directions, offering a path to soft, wiggly robots
MIT engineers developed a way to grow artificial tissues that look and act like their natural counterparts.
Collaborating to advance research and innovation on essential chips for AI
Agreement between MIT Microsystems Technology Laboratories and GlobalFoundries aims to deliver power efficiencies for data centers and ultra-low power consumption for intelligent devices at the edge.
MIT engineers prepare to send three payloads to the moon
Data from the devices will help future astronauts navigate the moon’s south polar region and search for frozen water.
MIT engineers develop a fully 3D-printed electrospray engine
Ideal for propelling tiny satellites, the lightweight devices could be produced on board a spacecraft and cost much less than traditional thrusters.
Physicists measure a key aspect of superconductivity in “magic-angle” graphene
By determining how readily electron pairs flow through this material, scientists have taken a big step toward understanding its remarkable properties.
Physicists discover — and explain — unexpected magnetism in an atomically thin material
The work introduces a new platform for studying quantum materials.
New START.nano cohort is developing solutions in health, data storage, power, and sustainable energy
With seven new startups, MIT.nano's program for hard-tech ventures expands to more than 20 companies.
For clean ammonia, MIT engineers propose going underground
Using the Earth itself as a chemical reactor could reduce the need for fossil-fuel-powered chemical plants.
At MIT, Clare Grey stresses battery development to electrify the planet
In her 2024 Dresselhaus Lecture, the Cambridge University professor of chemistry describes her work making batteries more reliable and sustainable.
Tiny, wireless antennas use light to monitor cellular communication
As part of a high-resolution biosensing device without wires, the antennas could help researchers decode intricate electrical signals sent by cells.
Tunable ultrasound propagation in microscale metamaterials
New framework advances experimental capabilities, including design and characterization, of microscale acoustic metamaterials.
MIT engineers make converting CO2 into useful products more practical
A new electrode design boosts the efficiency of electrochemical reactions that turn carbon dioxide into ethylene and other products.
Faces of MIT: Gene Keselman
At MIT, Keselman is a lecturer, executive director, managing director, and innovator. Additionally, he is a colonel in the Air Force Reserves, board director, and startup leader.
Nanoscale transistors could enable more efficient electronics
Researchers are leveraging quantum mechanical properties to overcome the limits of silicon semiconductor technology.