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Using light to propel water

A new system developed by engineers at MIT could make it possible to control the way water moves ... developed by MIT engineers could make it possible to control the way water moves over a surface, using only ... Communications, was developed by MIT associate professor of mechanical engineering Kripa Varanasi, School of ...

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Alumni Spotlight: Dr. Dana Yoerger (SB ’77, SM ’79, PhD ’83)

research and academic program of graduate students studying oceanographic engineering through the MIT ... determined which directions the currents were taking it. As an MIT student, Yoerger studied under Professor Tom ... put those pieces together in the best possible way.” One day during his job hunt, he got a call from ...

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Fast, noninvasive technique for probing cells may reveal disease

rather stiff. MIT-Cell-Moves 1024.jpg MIT engineers have devised a way to assess a cell’s mechanical ... microscopes and optical tweezers, which make direct, invasive contact with the cells. Now MIT engineers have ... Professor in MIT’s Department of Mechanical Engineering. “This technique really opens a door so that ...

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Jennifer Lewis ScD ’91: “Can we make tissues that are made from you, for you?”

at MIT; Jennifer Lewis PhD ’91, the Hansjörg Wyss Professor of Biologically Inspired Engineering at ... Assistant Professor of Tissue Engineering in the MIT Department of Mechanical Engineering. Photo: Jared ... that they can do it, too.” Lewis, who arrived at MIT as a materials science and engineering graduate ...

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Guardian Ag’s crop-spraying drone is replacing dangerous pilot missions

engineering at MIT, and the two robot enthusiasts became lifelong friends. “When Charles came to MIT, he ... to one day apply to MIT and do my engineering undergrad or go to the Sloan School of Management. I’ll ... 2025 Zach Winn | MIT News green Entrepreneurship Horizontal Founded by two former regulars at the ...

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How Crispy is Your Bonbon?

smooth, even chocolaty shell. Now, a theory and a simple fabrication technique derived by MIT engineers ... and civil and environmental engineering at MIT. “I’m sure chocolatiers have come up with techniques ... National Science Foundation. Sunday, April 3, 2016 Jennifer Chu | MIT News Office Horizontal Pedro Reis ...

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Adhesive inspired by hitchhiking sucker fish sticks to soft surfaces underwater

weeks. MIT_Underwater-Adhesives-01-press_0_1024x683.jpg MIT engineers have devised a novel adhesive ... mechanical engineering at MIT, a gastroenterologist at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, an associate member of ... research was funded, in part, by the Gates Foundation, MIT’s Department of Mechanical Engineering, Brigham ...

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This touchy-feely glove senses and maps tactile stimuli

August 4, 2021 Jennifer Chu | MIT News Office Maker Horizontal A team of engineers led by Professor ... to grasp a jar. And now engineers at MIT and elsewhere have a way to precisely measure and map such ... MIT-Touchy-Glove-02-PRESS.jpg An MIT team of engineers has designed a new touch-sensing glove that can “feel” pressure and other ...

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Drug delivery capsule could replace injections for protein drugs

Trafton | MIT News Office Horizontal A new pill, developed by a team of scientists and engineers including ... injected. A team of MIT engineers, in collaboration with scientists from Brigham and Women’s Hospital and ... Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering at MIT and a gastroenterologist at Brigham and Women’s ...

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Peeking into a chrysalis, videos reveal growth of butterfly wing scales

a butterfly its color and shimmer, and help shield the insect from the elements. Now, MIT engineers have ... of mechanical engineering Mathias Kolle. MIT-Butterfly-Growth-1024.jpg Larger, overlapping scales in ... supported, in part, by the National Science Foundation. Sunday, November 21, 2021 Jennifer Chu | MIT News ...

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A Makerspace for the Students, by the Students

measurement tools, is run by and for students. Culture Home Undergraduate Graduate Post-Doc Prospective ...

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Minimally invasive 3D-printable bioadhesive cardiac pacing lead may reduce complications, improve safety for cardiac patients

bioadhesive technologies,” said Hyunwoo Yuk SM ’16, PhD ’21, a former MIT research scientist who is now the ... engineering and of civil and environmental engineering, has introduced a 3D-printable bioadhesive pacing lead ... authors of the study, former MIT researcher Jue Deng is the paper’s first author.  “This work introduces ...

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“Each of us holds a piece of the solution”

anthropologists and engineers, and more,” MIT Vice President for Energy and Climate Evelyn Wang told an energetic ... MIT has an unparalleled history of bringing together interdisciplinary teams to solve pressing ... collaboration unlike any that’s come before at MIT. “Solving climate change is not just about new technologies ...

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Solid, liquid, or gas? Technique quickly identifies physical state of tissues and tumors

track various cancers. Photo credit: Anne Weston, Francis Crick Institute, edited by MIT News Now, ... associate professor of mechanical engineering at MIT. “We hope that, by simply looking at where the cells ... . Monday, October 25, 2021 Jennifer Chu | MIT News Office Collaboration Horizontal Associate Professor Ming ...

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Overlooked cells might explain the human brain’s huge storage capacity

the brain’s massive storage capacity. Image: MIT News “Originally, astrocytes were believed to just ... says Jean-Jacques Slotine, an MIT professor of mechanical engineering and of brain and cognitive ... to AI informed by recent neuroscience research.”  Tuesday, May 27, 2025 Anne Trafton | MIT News blue ...

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Ken Kamrin seeks fundamental behaviors in sand

member in MIT’s Department of Mechanical Engineering. MIT-Kamrin-02-PRESS-1024.jpg Associate Professor ... faculty position in MIT’s Department of Mechanical Engineering in 2011, where he has continued his work in ... Jennifer Chu | MIT News Office Horizontal Professor Ken Kamrin's models of granular flow shed light on ...

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New microscope technique reveals details of droplet nucleation

engineering and department head Evelyn Wang; and nine others at MIT, the University of Illinois at ... 2, 2020 David L. Chandler | MIT News Office Collaboration International Horizontal The technique, ... industrial processes. Now, for the first time, a new microscopy technique developed at MIT and elsewhere ...

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Ping pong bot returns shots with high-speed precision

MIT engineers are getting in on the robotic ping pong game with a powerful, lightweight design ... professor of mechanical engineering and head of the  MIT Biomimetics Robotics Lab. The researchers will ... the Robotics and AI Institute. Wednesday, May 7, 2025 Jennifer Chu | MIT News Horizontal In addition ...

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Tissue model reveals role of blood-brain barrier in Alzheimer’s

Alzheimer’s patients. Image: Christine Daniloff, MIT MIT engineers have now developed a tissue model that ... Foundation. Sunday, August 11, 2019 Anne Trafton | MIT News Office Collaboration Horizontal A microfluidic ... MIT-Blood-Brain-Barrier-1024.jpg The blood-brain barrier — the normally tight border that prevents harmful molecules in the ...

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Scientists observe a single quantum vibration under ordinary conditions

and interconnects between quantum computers.” Saturday, October 5, 2019 Jennifer Chu | MIT News Office ... energy known as phonons. MIT-Quantum-1024.jpg MIT researchers detect a single quantum vibration within ... a diamond sample (shown here) at room temperature. Image: Sabine Galland Now scientists at MIT and the Swiss ...

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