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Sophia Chen: It’s our duty to make the world better through empathy, patience, and respect

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A team led by Prof. Yang Shao-Horn shows a new universal descriptor for removal of nitrogen monoxide.

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November 16, 2024 Four from MIT named 2025 Rhodes Scholars

Wilhem Hector is one of four MIT students selected as a 2025 Rhodes Scholar. Hector is the first Haitian citizen to receive this distinction.

November 13, 2024 School of Engineering faculty receive awards in summer 2024

Jeehwan Kim and Carlos Portela are among the School of Engineering faculty members recognized for awards received for scholarship, service, and overall excellence this past summer.

November 12, 2024 MIT engineers make converting CO2 into useful products more practical

New research by engineers at MIT could lead to rapid improvements in a variety of electrochemical systems designed to convert carbon dioxide into useful products like fuel or feed.

November 11, 2024 When muscles work out, they help neurons to grow, a new study shows

Regular exercise not only makes muscles stronger, it can strengthen our bones, blood vessels, and immune system. New MIT research suggests exercise can also have benefits at the level of individual neurons.

November 11, 2024 3 Questions: Inverting the problem of design

The DeCoDE Lab explores the bounds of what’s possible in computational design in mechanical engineering. Their project, Linkages, investigates ways planar bars and joints can be connected to trace curved paths.

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MIT Robot Learns How to Play Jenga

Using machine-learning and sensory hardware, Alberto Rodriguez, assistant professor of mechanical engineering and members of MIT's MCube lab, have developed a robot that is learning how to play the game Jenga®. The technology could be used in robots for manufacturing assembly lines.

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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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