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Transforming boating, with solar power

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Decarbonizing the Diesel Engine

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A team led by Prof. Yang Shao-Horn shows a new universal descriptor for removal of nitrogen monoxide.

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August 27, 2025 Decarbonizing the Diesel Engine

Decarbonizing the Diesel Engine

August 25, 2025 Engineering fantasy into reality

Engineering fantasy into reality

August 24, 2025 Digital Instruments for Musical Togetherness

Digital Instruments for Musical Togetherness

August 21, 2025 Imaging tech promises deepest looks yet into living brain tissue at single-cell resolution

Imaging tech promises deepest looks yet into living brain tissue at single-cell resolution

August 21, 2025 Transforming boating, with solar power

Transforming boating, with solar power

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Learning Through Creation

Class 2.00a, Fundamentals of Engineering Design: Explore Space, Sea and Earth, empowers first-year students to build machines early in their academic careers at MIT.

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Hacking for Lilly

MechE students use their knowledge of mechanical engineering to design an improved walker for 9-year-old Lilly and gain new perspective about how assistive technologies can improve the lives of others in the process.

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Sangbae Kim: Inspired by Nature

Associate Professor Sangbae Kim describes his cutting-edge research in the area of biomimetics, the study of biological systems as models for the design and engineering of robots.

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