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Researchers find a new way to control magnets
Researchers find a new way to control magnets

Reversible system can flip the magnetic orientation of particles with a small voltage; could lead to faster data storage and smaller sensors.

Taking on the stormy seas
Taking on the stormy seas

Themistoklis Sapsis tackles engineering problems associated with the unpredictable ocean environment and its effects on ships and other structures.

Research collaboration puts climate-resilient crops in sight
Research collaboration puts climate-resilient crops in sight

MIT professors Dave Des Marais and Caroline Uhler combine plant biology and machine learning to identify genetic roots of plant responses to environmental stress.

The next generation of glowing plants
The next generation of glowing plants

Using nanoparticles that store and gradually release light, engineers create light-emitting plants that can be charged repeatedly.

MIT appoints members of new faculty committee to drive climate action plan
MIT appoints members of new faculty committee to drive climate action plan

Professors Noelle Selin and Anne White will co-chair the Climate Nucleus, charged with managing and implementing MIT’s new plan.

Concrete’s role in reducing building and pavement emissions
Concrete’s role in reducing building and pavement emissions

MIT researchers find emissions of U.S. buildings and pavements can be reduced by around 50 percent even as concrete use increases.

Chemical engineering meets cancer immunotherapy
Chemical engineering meets cancer immunotherapy

Sachin Bhagchandani wins NCI Predoctoral to Postdoctoral Fellow Transition (F99/K00) Award.

New programmable gene editing proteins found outside of CRISPR systems
New programmable gene editing proteins found outside of CRISPR systems

Researchers find RNA-guided enzymes are more diverse and widespread than previously believed.

School of Engineering Awards for 2021
School of Engineering Awards for 2021

The MIT School of Engineering honors excellence in teaching and advising, as well as academic achievement.

Vinny Fry: Wired for success
Vinny Fry: Wired for success

MIT engineer oversees design and testing of key magnet components for the Institute's SPARC fusion project.

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