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A new way to integrate data with physical objects
A new way to integrate data with physical objects

StructCode, developed by MIT CSAIL researchers, encodes machine-readable data in laser-cut objects by modifying their fabrication features.

MIT receives major National Science Foundation grant for quantum science
MIT receives major National Science Foundation grant for quantum science

Center for Ultracold Atoms gets funding boost to “punch through tough scientific barriers and see what's on the other side.”

Edward Crawley: A career of education, service, and exploration
Edward Crawley: A career of education, service, and exploration

The MIT professor reflects on five decades of impactful work in aerospace engineering and education, at the Institute and beyond.

Germicidal UV lights could be producing indoor air pollutants, study finds
Germicidal UV lights could be producing indoor air pollutants, study finds

While useful for killing pathogens including SARS-CoV-2, the lights may cause unwanted chemical reactions and should be used with ventilation, researchers say.

New technique helps robots pack objects into a tight space
New technique helps robots pack objects into a tight space

Researchers coaxed a family of generative AI models to work together to solve multistep robot manipulation problems.

Ariel Furst and Fan Wang receive 2023 National Institutes of Health awards
Ariel Furst and Fan Wang receive 2023 National Institutes of Health awards

The awards support creative, innovative research with a broad impact.

Designing a revolution
Designing a revolution

MIT professor, students collaborate with Chilean partners for an exhibition marking 50 years since Allende's presidency.

MIT design would harness 40 percent of the sun’s heat to produce clean hydrogen fuel
MIT design would harness 40 percent of the sun’s heat to produce clean hydrogen fuel

Conventional systems for producing hydrogen depend on fossil fuels, but the new system uses only solar energy.

Printing a new approach to fusion power plant materials
Printing a new approach to fusion power plant materials

MIT PhD student Alexander O’Brien is working to deliver the next generation of fusion devices through research on additive manufacturing of metal-ceramic composites.

Jesse Kroll recognized for excellence in postdoctoral mentoring
Jesse Kroll recognized for excellence in postdoctoral mentoring

Atmospheric chemist praised for his inclusive and supportive advising of postdocs.

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