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Richard Braatz to lead a new center for continuous mRNA manufacturing

mRNA

A pilot-scale system, enabled by an $82 million award from the FDA, aims to accelerate the development and production of mRNA technologies. The engineering challenges will be tackled by researchers at MIT as well as collaborators at Penn State University and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

ASPIRE

A young Latin American student with long dark hair pulled up in a ponytail is working on a robot next to an open laptop

Connection Science: The Technology of Innovation

Image of a hallway entering the MIT Human Dynamics Lab. There is an LED screen on the wall with a black background and the words "collective learning" and "human dynamics" on it in white and a large white arrow pointing to the right. On the right side of the hallway is a glass wall and door. A person going through that doorway can be faintly seen.

Innovation Ecosystem Analysis and Strengthening

Image of a eight pointed compass with icons between the points and a ring of red around it with text, then a blue and green circle around that with additional text, and yellow post it notes on it

Grand Challenge for Alternatives to Sugar

Real Talk for Change

A group of people - most of whom are Black or African American - sitting around a table in red chairs with their hands raised.

Ways of Seeing: Documenting Endangered Built Heritage in Afghanistan

digital rendering of the Green Mosque in Balkh, Afghanistan, a 16th Century building, by Nikolaos Vlavianos

Transformer 4.0 : Digital Revolution of Power Transformers

Electrical transformers at a power station

Energy, Infrastructure, Manufacturing, and Transportation

Robust Reinforcement Learning for Customized Farming

farm field with icons

Data Markets for Digital Agriculture