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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.
news.mit.edu/2026/new-way-wa…
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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A team from @MITMechE has developed a robotic therapy system that learns from physical therapists to adaptively support stroke patients.
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In a @NatureEnergyJnl paper, a team, including researchers in @MIT_CEE, developed a climate-informed framework that identifies where to build energy systems so they are more resilient and reduce blackouts.
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Roomba creator and @MITMechE alum Eliot Mack SM ’96 launched Lightcraft Technology, a company whose specialized equipment helps filmmakers see in advance how their digitized special effects will look in the completed movie.
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A team, including researchers in @MITEECS, developed a method that makes robots better at thinking ahead while they are acting, such as when folding laundry, leading to smoother motions and quicker reactions.
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In a @ScienceMagazine paper, a team, including researchers in @MITMechE created a robot that mimics how diving birds seamlessly transition between flying and swimming.
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Devavrat Shah, a professor in @MITEECS and member of @mitidss, is focused on designing AI systems that can handle second-by-second decision-making using limited computational resources.
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A team, including researchers in @MITMechE, found they can engineer and control the growth of blood vessels by mechanically stretching them, a step toward finding a way to deliver nutrients to artificial tissues.
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In a @NatureComms paper, MIT researchers designed a new system, called “FloatForm,” an adaptive floating infrastructure that could be used as a temporary platform or a stage that appears for a festival and dissolves when the crowd goes home.
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This spring, 7 teams comprised of 31 MIT engineering undergraduates set off to design, fabricate, assemble, and test a small gas turbine aero engine in 4 weeks, using AI as their primary engineering partner. The project was part of the JARVIS Challenge.
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Introducing MIT Engineering Monthly – a new roundup of the latest groundbreaking, cool, nerdy, and innovative research from across the MIT School of Engineering.
Subscribe now to get the first issue: engineering.mit.edu/newslett…
A team, including researchers in @MIT_CEE, opened its first solar-powered community shelter to protect residents from extreme heat and tropical storms in Bangladesh, where temperatures can reach 111 degrees Fahrenheit.
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In a @NatureComms paper, a team, including researchers from @mit_dmse, has created a chip-based optical device that can control incoming infrared light, acting as a lens that gathers additional information for infrared cameras.
dmse.mit.edu/news/tiny-infra…
New research led by Prof. Harry Tuller in @mit_dmse and his collaborators at the Technical University of Munich could help prevent the formation of tiny seeds of lithium metal within the electrolyte, enabling batteries that charge faster and last longer.
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A team led by Gohar Chaudhry, a graduate student in @MITEECS, developed an intelligent system that streamlines the process of designing agentic workflows and automatically optimizes how those workflows are implemented.
eecs.mit.edu/improving-the-s…
