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“Colloidal gels,” ubiquitous in everyday products, divulge their secrets
Researchers at MIT have developed a new method for determining the structure and behavior of ... these colloidal gels in a crystallized, porous form known as zeolites. MIT ... and professor of mechanical engineering at MIT. “Our results enable researchers to determine why weak ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/%E2%80%9Ccolloidal-gels%E2%80%9D-ubiquitous-everyday-products-divulge-their-secretsJoystick-operated robot could help surgeons treat stroke remotely
MIT engineers have developed a telerobotic system to help surgeons quickly and remotely treat ... save the patient’s life and preserve their brain function. MIT-Robo-Stroke-01-1024.jpg With a modified ... any damage to the brain. The MIT team envisions that its robotic system could be installed at smaller ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/joystick-operated-robot-could-help-surgeons-treat-stroke-remotelyEngineers invent vertical, full-color microscopic LEDs
a “screen door effect” such that users perceive stripes in the space between pixels. Now, MIT engineers have ... create vertical, multicolored pixels. MIT_Vertical-LEDs-01-PRESS_0.jpg MIT engineers have developed a new ... reported in the journals,” says Jeehwan Kim, associate professor of mechanical engineering at MIT. “We show ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/engineers-invent-vertical-full-color-microscopic-ledsEven as temperatures rise, this hydrogel material keeps absorbing moisture
drying effects. MIT engineers have now found that polyethylene glycol (PEG) — a hydrogel commonly used in ... 50 degrees Celsius (77 to 122 degrees Fahrenheit), the team reports. MIT ... -CapturingHumidity1024.jpg MIT engineers have found that a common hydrogel has unique, super-soaking abilities. Even as ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/even-temperatures-rise-hydrogel-material-keeps-absorbing-moistureNew model predicts how shoe properties affect a runner’s performance
a person’s particular running style. MIT engineers are hoping to change that with a new model that predicts ... how certain shoe properties will affect a runner’s performance. MIT ... _Sneaker-Design-01-PRESS_0.jpg A model developed by MIT engineers predicts the optimal running shoe design for a given runner. Pictured ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/new-model-predicts-how-shoe-properties-affect-runner%E2%80%99s-performanceThis ultrasound sticker senses changing stiffness of deep internal organs
MIT engineers have developed a small ultrasound sticker that can monitor the stiffness of organs ... engineering at MIT. “With this wearable sticker, we can continuously monitor changes in rigidity over long ... instead of waiting until the condition becomes severe.” Liu was a visiting scientist at MIT at the time of ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/ultrasound-sticker-senses-changing-stiffness-deep-internal-organs2.009 lights up the stage
On Monday night, MIT’s Kresge Auditorium might as well have been a rock arena, for all the ... was technology. MIT-2.009-05-1024.jpg Members of each of the eight student teams take the stage for ... product designers attended one of MIT’s most anticipated annual events to cheer on the 139 students of ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/2009-lights-stageMotion-Induced Quicksand
MIT granular model explains unusual behavior in sand. From a mechanical perspective, granular ... mechanical engineering at MIT, studies granular materials, using mathematical models to explain their ... replicating the Couette cell geometry. MIT-Quicksand.jpg Photo: Martin Van Hecke/Leiden Modeling spin and ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/motion-induced-quicksandWaves in the Deep
wave — either of which can be devastating. Now a new study by an MIT researcher suggests that these ... and other nutrients around the globe in a matter of hours. MIT-Deep-Ocean-Waves-1024.jpg Usama Kadri, ... a postdoc in MIT’s Department of Mechanical Engineering, tracked the theoretical movement of fluid caught up ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/waves-deepA new approach to ultrafast light pulses
relatively slow response time. Now, researchers at MIT, the University of California at Berkeley, and ... applications for these materials. MIT-FastLight-Emit-1024.jpg In this image, light strikes a molecular lattice ... findings are described in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, in a paper by MIT ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/new-approach-ultrafast-light-pulsesTechnique identifies electricity-producing bacteria
other words, these microbes can actually produce electricity. MIT ... laboratory conditions. Now MIT engineers have developed a microfluidic technique that can quickly process ... do,” says Qianru Wang, a postdoc in MIT’s Department of Mechanical Engineering. “There is recent work ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/technique-identifies-electricity-producing-bacteriaTo make mini-organs grow faster, give them a squeeze
like ideas, information, and even infection. Now researchers at MIT and Boston Children’s Hospital have ... would. MIT-Cell-Crowding-01-Press-1024.jpg the cell division marker Ki67 shows that the number of ... into more specialized cells. Ming Guo, associate professor of mechanical engineering at MIT, says that ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/make-mini-organs-grow-faster-give-them-squeezeEngineers design artificial synapse for “brain-on-a-chip” hardware
engineers at MIT have designed an artificial synapse in such a way that they can precisely control the ... MIT’s Research Laboratory of Electronics and Microsystems Technology Laboratories. His co-authors are ... Yeon of MIT, along with Pai-Yu Chen and Shimeng Yu of Arizona State University. ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/engineers-design-artificial-synapse-%E2%80%9Cbrain-chip%E2%80%9D-hardwareSee-through film rejects 70 percent of incoming solar heat
to grow as the global thermostat climbs. Now MIT engineers have developed a heat-rejecting film that ... air conditioning and energy costs could drop by 10 percent. MIT-Window-Heat-1024.jpg MIT researchers ... still letting in a good amount of light. Nicholas Fang, a professor of mechanical engineering at MIT ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/see-through-film-rejects-70-percent-incoming-solar-heatEngineers make clear droplets produce iridescent colors
Engineers at MIT and Penn State University have found that under the right conditions, ordinary ... or dyes. MIT-Structural-Color-02-1024.jpg Seen from above, transparent droplets in a Petri dish, ... assistant professor of mechanical engineering at MIT. “As some of these dyes are more strongly regulated, ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/engineers-make-clear-droplets-produce-iridescent-colorsResearchers tune material’s color and thermal properties separately
visible and infrared radiation are often naturally linked. MIT-Thermal-Control-1024.jpg The visual and ... heat-radiating capabilities. Image: Felice Frankel Now MIT engineers have made samples of strong, tissue-like ... Svetlana Boriskina, a research scientist in MIT’s Department of Mechanical Engineering. Boriskina is author ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/researchers-tune-material%E2%80%99s-color-and-thermal-properties-separatelyCell stiffness may indicate whether tumors will invade
Engineers at MIT and elsewhere have tracked the evolution of individual cells within an initially ... “invasive tips” that eventually broke away to spread elsewhere. MIT-Tumor-Invasion-1024.jpg A tumor’s ... engineering at MIT. “When they grow, they build up compressive stresses inside the tumor, and that will ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/cell-stiffness-may-indicate-whether-tumors-will-invadeSearch-and-rescue algorithm identifies hidden “traps” in ocean waters
can confound and delay critical search-and-rescue operations. Now researchers at MIT, the Swiss ... sea where missing objects or people are likely to be. MIT-Rescue-Algorithm-01_1024.jpg A new ... MIT-developed search-and-rescue algorithm identifies hidden “traps” in ocean waters. The method may help quickly ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/search-and-rescue-algorithm-identifies-hidden-%E2%80%9Ctraps%E2%80%9D-ocean-waters-0New gels could help the medicine go down
easier to give those medicines, researchers at MIT and Brigham and Women’s Hospital have created ... pills, such as older people or people who have suffered a stroke. MIT-DrugGel-02-press.jpeg The ... Engineering at MIT, a gastroenterologist at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, and the senior author of the study. ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/new-gels-could-help-medicine-go-downTechnique rapidly measures cells’ density, reflecting health and developmental state
a large scale, especially with single-cell resolution, but a team of MIT researchers has now found a way ... a member of the Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research. MIT-CellDensity-01-press_1024x768.jpg The ... Biomedical Engineering. The paper’s lead author is MIT Research Scientist Weida (Richard) Wu. Measuring ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/technique-rapidly-measures-cells%E2%80%99-density-reflecting-health-and-developmental-state