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Ioannis Yannas to be Inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame

MIT professor of polymer science and engineering recognized for inventing "artificial ... skin" Ioannis V. Yannas, professor of polymer science and engineering in the MIT Department of ... Mechanical Engineering, was recognized as one of the highest achievers in his field last week when the ...

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The Power of Salt

according to a team of mechanical engineers at MIT. The researchers evaluated an emerging method of power ... Science Foundation. Wednesday, August 20, 2014 Jennifer Chu | MIT News Office yellow LIENHARD@MIT.EDU MIT ... MIT study investigates power generation from the meeting of river water and seawater. Where the ...

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Researchers hope to make needle pricks for diabetics a thing of the past

biological and mechanical engineering at MIT. “Today, diabetes is a global epidemic,” says So, who is one of ... Hamamatsu Corporation. Thursday, January 23, 2020 Anne Trafton | MIT News Office Collaboration International ... such as skin, by shining near-infrared light on it. MIT scientists have now taken an important step ...

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A brave new ocean world

research engineer at MIT, says to describe the ceiling-to-floor map of the world ocean and continents that ... 21, 2014 Genevieve Wanucha | Oceans at MIT and EAPS News ... covers the walls outside his office in MIT's Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary ...

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New capsule can orally deliver drugs that usually have to be injected

to those injections, MIT engineers, working with scientists from Novo Nordisk, have designed a new ... MIT’s Department of Mechanical Engineering and a gastroenterologist at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, are ... Sunday, October 6, 2019 Anne Trafton | MIT News Office Collaboration Horizontal Researchers including ...

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An all-in-one approach to diabetes treatment

the Karl van Tassel Career Development Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering at MIT and ... companies to further develop them. The research was funded by the MIT Department of Mechanical Engineering ... and Brigham and Women’s Hospital. Thursday, January 20, 2022 Anne Trafton | MIT News Office ...

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Alumni Spotlight: Danielle Zurovcik (SM ’07, PhD ‘11)

degree research in the MIT Department of Mechanical Engineering, Zurovcik was one of the first to ... of our protocol,” she explains. When she returned to MIT that fall, she was able to finalize her best ... method and effective, inexpensive design, Zurovcik, who also has a minor in business from the MIT Sloan ...

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Aging Brain Initiative awards fund five new ideas to study, fight neurodegeneration

MIT’s Department of Biological Engineering, will explore whether Alzheimer’s pathology is driven by ... expertise to join the field, MIT’s Aging Brain Initiative (ABI) this month awarded five seed grants after ... a competition among labs across the Institute. Founded in 2015 by nine MIT faculty members, the ABI promotes ...

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Creating innovative health solutions for individuals and populations

adherence. His academic home at MIT is in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, but his work integrates ... Van Tassel Career Development Professor, an associate professor of mechanical engineering, and ... of innovative solutions to improve patient care. As a physician and an engineer, he brings a unique ...

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Light-activated muscle grafts show promise in aiding muscle recovery post-trauma

Career Development Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering, and MIT collaborators aims to restore ... engineering, but many previous studies have focused on creating replacement tissue in the lab, implanting it in ... the body, and then passively letting the patient’s system integrate the implant. These lab-engineered ...

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A new way to detect leaks in pipes

mechanical engineering at MIT and lead author of the research papers. “We’ve proved that the concept works.” ... pipes, and should be effective in gas, water, and oil pipes. MIT mechanical engineering professor Kamal ... the Center for Clean Water and Energy at MIT. Thursday, June 19, 2014 David L. Chandler | MIT News ...

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Exploring growth within a confined space

a research team led by Tal Cohen, MIT associate professor of civil and environmental engineering and of ... confinement. Photo: moonimage/Flickr Now, MIT and Yale University researchers have developed a theoretical framework ... mechanical engineering, grew cholera bacteria inside a soft gel, observing the architecture of the expanding ...

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Harnessing the Full Potential of the Sun

src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/P8-8FveMieM" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> Researchers at MIT have developed ... gap. Energy Science and Engineering Micro and Nanotechnology Energy Security Impact Home Research Home ...

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Adhesive coatings can prevent scarring around medical implants

that kind of device failure, MIT engineers have found a simple and general way to eliminate fibrosis by ... MIT engineers found a way to eliminate the buildup of scar tissue around implantable devices, by ... Science Foundation. Tuesday, May 21, 2024 Anne Trafton | MIT News Collaboration Horizontal Professor ...

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Robotic thread is designed to slip through the brain’s blood vessels

MIT engineers have developed a magnetically steerable, thread-like robot that can actively glide ... engineering and of civil and environmental engineering at MIT. “If we could design a device to reverse blood ... Foundation (NSF). Tuesday, August 27, 2019 Jennifer Chu | MIT News Office Collaboration Horizontal A robotic ...

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