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“My grandfather had a farm. My dad had a garden. I’ve got a can opener.”

Native American tribe and archaeologists came together to recover a rare 1,000-year-old Native American canoe discovered in a North Carolina lake.

Startups founded by MIT-educated mechanical engineers are at the forefront of developing solutions to mitigate the environmental impact of manufacturing.

EV Charging in the US has hindered electrical vehicle growth from Ford, GM, & others as consumers worry about driving range and a lack of superchargers.

A German missile sank the British troop ship the HMT Rohna after it left Algeria bound for Egypt, killing 1,138.

The MIT Climate and Sustainability Consortium (MCSC) has awarded 20 projects a total of $5 million over two years in its first-ever 2022 MCSC Seed Awards program. The winning projects are led by principal investigators across all five of MIT’s school

Earlier this month, MIT’s Department of Mechanical Engineering (MechE) hosted a Health of the Planet Showcase. The event was the culmination of a

MIT's Department of Mechanical Engineering launched the Health of the Planet Initiative to bring the community together and develop solutions for our planet on a local and global scale.

MIT Professor Emeritus Peter Griffith, a pioneer in heat transfer and fluid mechanics, died at age 94. He was a longtime professor of mechanical engineering who influenced nuclear reactor design and shaped thermodynamics education at MIT.

To unite climate efforts, maximize their impact, and identify new ways for MIT to contribute climate solutions, MIT has appointed more than a dozen faculty to its new Climate Nucleus, a committee established by the Institute’s “Fast Forward” climate action plan. The committee will be co-chaired by professors Noelle Selin and Anne White.