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Less-wasteful laser-cutting
Less-wasteful laser-cutting

Fabricaide, developed at MIT CSAIL, provides live design feedback to help users reduce leftover material.

With Perseverance, MIT teams prepare for Mars rover landing
With Perseverance, MIT teams prepare for Mars rover landing

Following touchdown, MOXIE will brew up oxygen while geologists comb for sediments to sample.

Space for all is this student’s goal
Space for all is this student’s goal

Maya Nasr’s work on the Mars 2020 mission has led her to become an advocate for expanding international cooperation in space.

A machine-learning approach to finding treatment options for Covid-19
A machine-learning approach to finding treatment options for Covid-19

Researchers develop a system to identify drugs that might be repurposed to fight the coronavirus in elderly patients.

Unleashing the potential of the mind
Unleashing the potential of the mind

Pison, founded by Dexter Ang ’05, enables people to control digital interfaces, such as their phones, through brain signals.

Three MIT researchers elected to the National Academy of Engineering for 2021
Three MIT researchers elected to the National Academy of Engineering for 2021

New members have made advances in autonomous aerospace vehicles, electric power system analysis and control, and power electronics technology.

Four MIT researchers elected to the National Academy of Engineering for 2021
Four MIT researchers elected to the National Academy of Engineering for 2021

New members have made advances in computer vision, autonomous aerospace vehicles, electric power system analysis and control, and power electronics technology.

RAND study finds significant social and economic impacts by Lemelson-MIT Prize-winning inventors
RAND study finds significant social and economic impacts by Lemelson-MIT Prize-winning inventors

Awardees have created new products, companies, and even entirely new industries, employing over 40,000 workers.

Nanowire could provide a stable, easy-to-make superconducting transistor
Nanowire could provide a stable, easy-to-make superconducting transistor

Inspired by decades-old MIT research, the new technology could boost quantum computers and other superconducting electronics.

Brewing up a dirty-water remedy (and more) with kombucha-inspired biosensors
Brewing up a dirty-water remedy (and more) with kombucha-inspired biosensors

PhD student and 2017 J-WAFS graduate fellow Tzu-Chieh Tang designs living materials to solve environmental challenges, with an emphasis on safety and scalability.

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