Decarbonizing the making of consumer products

Researchers are devising new methods of synthesizing chemicals used in goods from clothing, detergents, and antifreeze to pharmaceuticals and plastics.

Nancy W. Stauffer | MIT Energy Initiative • mit
Feb. 5, 2020 ~15 min

Printing objects that can incorporate living organisms

A 3D printing system that controls the behavior of live bacteria could someday enable medical devices with therapeutic agents built in.

David L. Chandler | MIT News Office • mit
Jan. 23, 2020 ~7 min


A new approach to making airplane parts, minus the massive infrastructure

Carbon nanotube film produces aerospace-grade composites with no need for huge ovens or autoclaves.

Jennifer Chu | MIT News Office • mit
Jan. 13, 2020 ~8 min

Partnership aims to accelerate cell and gene therapy

Innovative public-private partnership led by Harvard and MIT aims to bolster state’s role as a leading region globally for life sciences.

Alvin Powell • harvard
Nov. 25, 2019 ~13 min

MIT conference focuses on preparing workers for the era of artificial

As automation rises in the workplace, speakers explore ways to train students and reskill workers.

Rob Matheson | MIT News Office • mit
Nov. 22, 2019 ~10 min

Here’s where robots are replacing workers fastest

A new report looks at "robot intensity" since the Great Recession and finds where robots are replacing workers at the highest rates.

Megan Schumann-Rutgers • futurity
Nov. 22, 2019 ~4 min

Giving robots a faster grasp

An algorithm speeds up the planning process robots use to adjust their grip on objects, for picking and sorting, or tool use.

Jennifer Chu | MIT News Office • mit
Oct. 17, 2019 ~7 min

SMART develops a way to commercially manufacture integrated silicon III-V chips

New method from MIT’s research enterprise in Singapore paves the way for improved optoelectronic and 5G devices.

Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology • mit
Oct. 3, 2019 ~5 min


3 Questions: Why sensing, why now, what next?

Brian Anthony, co-leader of SENSE.nano, discusses sensing for augmented and virtual reality and for advanced manufacturing.

MIT.nano • mit
Sept. 20, 2019 ~6 min

New approach suggests path to emissions-free cement

MIT researchers find a way to eliminate carbon emissions from cement production — a major global source of greenhouse gases.

David L. Chandler | MIT News Office • mit
Sept. 16, 2019 ~7 min

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