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Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is a private land-grant research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. It was chartered by the state of Massachusetts in 1861. The university was established to accelerate the industrialization of the United States.

MIT is renowned for its scientific and technical training and excellent research and is ranked among the top educational institutions in the world. MIT plays a vital role in shaping the future of undergraduate and graduate students.

On left is the initial image, and on right is the optimized image using the new technique.

New technique enables laser light to penetrate deeper into living tissue

Ashwini Sakharkar

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New method could help biologists study the body's immune responses and develop new medicines.

Engineers fabricated a simple water filter modeled after the mobula ray’s plankton-filtering features. Pictured are pieces of the filter.

MIT engineers look to manta rays to design better water filters

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The filter feeder's unique mechanism could potentially revolutionize the design of industrial water filters.

MIT’s Clio runs in real-time to map task-relevant objects in a robot’s surroundings.

MIT’s Clio enables robots to quickly map task-relevant objects

Ashwini Sakharkar

30 Sep, 2024

Helping robots zero in on the objects that matter.

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