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Harnessing the principle that allows blood to clot, MIT researchers are working on new synthetic materials to plug holes.
Scalable nanopatterned surfaces designed by MIT researchers could make for more efficient power generation and desalination.
Toys-for-Tickets and Fill-a-Cruiser, are just two of the many ways MIT gives back to the community each year.
Berkmen discusses her research with Professors Utkan Demirci and Ed Boyden in developing 3-D brain tissue constructs.
Tucked deep within MIT's campus is a miniature world of model trains, elaborate miniature buildings and detailed sceneries. Now entering its 65th year, the Tech Model Railroad Club of MIT (TMRC) still caters to model railroaders, rail-fans and hackers alike.In this video we take a tour of the ...
The researchers discussed their robot, the Milli-Motein, which is not only one of the world's smallest robots, but if can also reconfigure itself in a matter of seconds
This minuscule robot may be a harbinger of future devices that could fold themselves up into almost any shape imaginable.
Aeronautics and astronautics professor discusses how boredom plays a major role in a drone-operators ability to do their job.
An ear for music, it turns out, might be a key to making structural improvements in synthetic materials.
Read more about Principal Research Scientist Patrick Heimbach's work in MIT's Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences at MIT News, the MITgcm website, and the website for NASA's ECCO2.About the animation: The simulation was conducted with the MIT coupled ocean-sea ice general ...
MIT students, administrators, and staff reflect on their Thanksgiving traditions, and what the holiday means
A team of MIT researchers has developed a new way to generate nanofibers, using hardware built through standard chip-manufacturing processes.
The wind Tunnel has proven instrumental in the examination of aerospace, architectural, vehicular, sports and other engineering systems
A computer simulation shows the way a patch of nutrient material is pulled apart into swirling filaments by turbulence in the water, eventually dissolving away completely.
Jellyfish-inspired device that rapidly and efficiently captures cancer cells from blood samples could enable better patient monitoring.
Shah discussed how he uses his machine-learning algorithm to predict trends hours in advance of recognition by Twitter.
A steel mesh coated with a polymer containing a low concentration of a synthesized molecule called fluoroPOSS can repel water (dyed blue) but attracts the flammable fuel hexadecane (dyed red), allowing it to be used to separate the two substances. In different concentrations, fluoroPOSS can ...
Karp discusses his team's new medical adhesive that is safe enough for an infant's delicate skin.
The School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences' Web-based collection showcases the Institute’s longstanding engagement with music.
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