In a @Nature paper, a team, including researchers in @MIT_CEE, reveals how communities of marine bacteria divide the task of degrading fucoidan, a key player in ocean carbon storage. cee.mit.edu/marine-bacteria-…

Marzyeh Ghassemi, a core faculty member in @MIT_IMES and a professor in @MITEECS, is conducting research to ensure that medical AI models do not learn biased rules or recommendations, that in the end, can harm minority populations. imes.mit.edu/news-events/3-q…

An MIT student team won first prize in NASA's LunaRecycle Challenge, a competition asking participants to develop recycling solutions that reduce space waste and improve the sustainability of lunar missions. aeroastro.mit.edu/news-impac…

Developing more cost-effective wind turbines requires controlled environments for researchers to conduct tests. Now a team, including researchers in @MIT_CEE, are using a wind tunnel that features high pressurization to simulate the real-world atmosphere. cee.mit.edu/pressurized-expe…

Engineers in @MITMechE have developed a design for a thin, muscle-powered robot that can swim through a simple watery maze, covering a distance of about four times its body length in one minute. meche.mit.edu/news-media/pow…

This fall, astronaut and retired Air Force Colonel E. Michael Fincke ‘89 joined the faculty of @MITAeroAstro as a full-time Professor of the Practice. aeroastro.mit.edu/news-impac…

MIT researchers have developed a system that translates the components of a natural object into building blocks that can be used to design synthetic structures. news.mit.edu/2026/mathematic…

A team, including researchers in @MITAeroAstro, is exploring ways that habitats in extreme environments can support a person’s mental, emotional, and social wellbeing. aeroastro.mit.edu/news-impac…

Sidhant Kumar SM ’26, an @MIT_CEE graduate, co-founded the startup NZeroC AI to continuously monitor industrial plant camera footage and help avoid mistakes. cee.mit.edu/mit-startup-nzer…

In a @nchembio paper, a team, including researchers in @MITdeptofBE, has engineered bacteria that can function as transistors — switches that can turn current on or off in an electrical circuit. news.mit.edu/2026/mit-engine…

A new system co-developed by Lydia Bourouiba, a professor in @MIT_CEE, @MITMechE, and a core faculty member of @MIT_IMES, could become a global research standard to study diseases transmitted through the air. imes.mit.edu/news-events/und…

A team, including researchers in @MIT_CEE, has developed a way to 3D-print concrete while accounting for the physical limitations of large-scale concrete printers. cee.mit.edu/3d-printed-bridg…

A team, including researchers in @MITMechE, hopes to cut down on the growing mountain of textile waste, with a new, recyclable yarn. meche.mit.edu/news-media/mit…

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 dmse.mit.edu/news/building-e…