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New faculty 2023 Lewis Petersen

School of Engineering welcomes new faculty

April 3, 2023

Eleven new faculty members, including two affiliated with IMES, join six of the school's academic departments and institutes.

MIT researchers demonstrated that their RNA sensor could accurately identify cells expressing a mutated version of the p53…

A new control switch could make RNA therapies easier to program

March 17, 2023

Using this approach, researchers hope to deliver therapeutic RNA molecules selectively to cancer cells or other target cells.

MIT Heart Simulator

Custom, 3D-printed heart replicas look and pump just like the real thing

February 23, 2023

The soft robotic models are patient-specific and could help clinicians zero in on the best implant for an individual.

Emery N. Brown

Understanding going under

February 23, 2023

By unlocking the secrets of anesthesia, Emery N. Brown, IMES core faculty member, could help shed light on brain diseases, hibernation, and possibly even human consciousness.

NAE 2023

MIT community members elected to the National Academy of Engineering for 2023

February 17, 2023

Seven researchers, along with 14 additional MIT alumni, are honored for significant contributions to engineering research, practice, and education.

MIT engineers have shown that they can use magnetic fields to track the location of this ingestible sensor within the GI…

Ingestible sensor could help doctors pinpoint GI difficulties

February 15, 2023

The sensor sends out its location as it moves through the GI tract, revealing where slowdowns in digestion may occur.

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IMES announces faculty promotions

February 15, 2023

Tami Lieberman and Alex Shalek will be promoted, effective July 1, 2023

The successful performance of ChatGPT on the U.S. Medical Licensing Exam demonstrates shortcomings in how medical students…

3 Questions: Leo Anthony Celi on ChatGPT and medicine

February 14, 2023

The chatbot’s success on the medical licensing exam shows that the test — and medical education — are flawed, Celi, a senior researcher at IMES, says.

The Valkyrie team poses with their robot, which Lucy Du ’14, SM ’16 (center) is controlling in the current season of…

Inside two MIT students’ historic BattleBots runs

February 10, 2023

PhD students Lucy Du ’14, SM ’16 and HST MEMP PhD student, Ginger Schmidt, are crushing the competition — and gender barriers — in the world of televised robot combat.

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How to make hydrogels more injectable

February 8, 2023

A new computational framework could help researchers, including some affiliated with IMES, design granular hydrogels to repair or replace diseased tissues.

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