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New electroadhesive hydrogel may be used to deliver sustained drug administration for GI diseases

peeled off,” says Ying.  Collaborating researchers from the MIT Mechanical Engineering department include ... e-GLUE first came about when Binbin Ying, a Banting Postdoctoral Fellow in the Mechanical Engineering ... polymers, thereby creating a dual-layer ionic hydrogel.   At MIT, Ying and his colleagues, including ...

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A new approach to liquid-repelling surfaces

MIT-Dew-Omniphobicity-1024.jpg This photo shows water droplets placed on the nanostructured surface developed by MIT researchers. ... with a specially designed shape. Images by Kyle Wilke Now, researchers at MIT have found a way to ... a paper by graduate student Kyle Wilke, professor of mechanical engineering and department head Evelyn ...

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A light rain can spread soil bacteria far and wide, study finds

Using high-resolution imaging, researchers from MIT’s Department of Mechanical Engineering observed the ... nucleation.” Monday, March 6, 2017 Jennifer Chu | MIT News Office International Horizontal Global precipitation ... A good rain can have a cleansing effect on the land. But an MIT study published today in Nature ...

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Ingestible electronic device detects breathing depression in patients

Giovanni Traverso, an associate professor of mechanical engineering at MIT and a gastroenterologist at ... November 16, 2023 Anne Trafton | MIT News Horizontal Diagnosing disorders such as sleep apnea usually ... a sleep lab, hooked up to a variety of sensors and monitors. Researchers from MIT, Celero Systems, and ...

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Ingestible, expanding pill monitors the stomach for up to a month

MIT engineers have designed an ingestible, Jell-O-like pill that, upon reaching the stomach, ... Xuanhe Zhao, associate professor of mechanical engineering at MIT. Zhao and senior collaborator Giovanni ... Gates Foundation. Tuesday, January 29, 2019 Jennifer Chu | MIT News Office Collaboration Horizontal ...

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Meet the 2023-24 Accenture Fellows

Accenture Fellows advance technology at the crossroads of business and society The MIT and ... collaborate to spur technological innovation. Through its partnership with the School of Engineering ... business, and technology. Michelle Vaccaro is a PhD candidate in social engineering systems whose research ...

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Deep-learning technique reveals “invisible” objects in the dark

impossible to decipher. But now, engineers at MIT have developed a technique that can reveal these ... left to image,” says George Barbastathis, professor of mechanical engineering at MIT. “When it comes to ... Jennifer Chu | MIT News Office Horizontal Professor George Barbastathis trained a computer to recognize ...

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Immune action at a distance

Engineering, and a member of the Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research at MIT. “Now, with ... MIT-Koch-Institute-Traverso-Tumor-Gel.png Researchers from MIT, Massachusetts General Hospital, and Brigham and Women's Hospital have ... out of the tumor before they have had a chance to take full effect. MIT researchers, together with ...

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Data-driven diabetes management

insulin.” Making a win-win product During their MIT years, White, a mechanical engineering student, and ... everyone.” Tuesday, November 15, 2016 Rob Matheson | MIT News Office Collaboration Culture Education ... nonadherent spend about $2,700 more in medical costs per year than those who are adherent. Now MIT spinout ...

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LEGO Group COO discusses the production network that enables the builders of tomorrow

Speaking at MIT, the LEGO Group COO Carsten Rasmussen discussed the company’s manufacturing ... stranger to many members of the MIT community. Faculty, staff, and students, alike, have developed a love ... and ingenuity, and it has inspired MIT faculty to bring LEGOs into the classroom, including 2.S00 ...

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Bursting bubbles launch bacteria from water to air

Wednesday, November 14, 2018 Jennifer Chu | MIT News Office Horizontal A new study from Assistant Professor ... ubiquitous, indoors and out. A new MIT study shows how bubbles contaminated with bacteria can act as tiny ... can emit hundreds of droplets.   MIT-Bacteria-Bubbles-1024.jpg MIT researchers have found that ...

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Benchtop test quickly identifies extremely impact-resistant materials

being more resilient to impacts than others. That’s what MIT engineers are finding in experiments with ... MIT-MetaImpact-01-press_0.jpg: By firing microparticles at supersonic speeds, MIT engineers can test the resilience of various ... its aftermath, with nanosecond precision. meta-impact.gif MIT engineers have captured video of ...

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Stick, peel, or bounce: Controlling a freezing droplet’s fate

Chandler | MIT News Office Collaboration International Horizontal A team led by Kripa Varanasi has found ... or power lines. MIT-SelfPeel-Drop-1024.jpg MIT researchers have found a surprising new twist to the ... a droplet. Image: Varanasi Group/MIT Now, MIT researchers have found a surprising new twist to the mechanics ...

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Startup founded by MIT alumnus unveils electric vehicles for the future

sure the strategy helps drive those megatrends.” Wednesday, November 28, 2018 Zach Winn | MIT News ... the Los Angeles Auto Show. MIT-Rivian_1024.jpg One of the two models unveiled at the Los Angeles Auto ... release lower-priced cars in the future. MIT past helps change the future Scaringe studied mechanical ...

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A simpler method for learning to control a robot

despite being buffeted by strong winds. Image: MIT News, with figures from iStock “The focus of our work ... in the MIT Department of Mechanical Engineering and the Institute for Data, Systems, and Society ... mechanical engineering and of brain and cognitive sciences at MIT, and Marco Pavone, associate professor of ...

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Startup’s tablets deliver cancer drugs more evenly over time

Blaesi came to MIT, he knew he wanted his mechanical engineering PhD work to form the basis of a company. ... quantities. MIT-Enzian-01-press_1024.jpg Aron Blaesi PhD ’14 holds two gastroretentive fibrous dosage forms, ... Early on, as part of the Novartis-MIT Center for Continuous Manufacturing, he worked on manufacturing ...

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MIT alumnus to compete in Winter Olympics

at MIT and former competitive body builder, Edelman caught the Olympic bug while watching the Olympic ... playing sports after I left MIT,” Edelman says. “Skeleton is an eye-catching sport and seemed like the ... me of those late nights at MIT,” Edelman says. “If you had an assignment due the next morning, it was ...

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A new approach to ultrafast light pulses

Sunday, September 17, 2017 David L. Chandler | MIT News Office Collaboration Horizontal Professor Nicholas ... 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 ...

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Stepping on stage with Beyoncé

working for—a celebration of everyone involved.” MIT-Joe-Brown-Beyonce-Coachella-2018_1024.jpg Joe Brown ... in Course 2 [mechanical engineering] because I wanted to design rollercoasters and to create my own ... continued to build his skills as step master of his fraternity while at MIT. But it wasn’t until after ...

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Once-a-week pill for schizophrenia shows promise in clinical trials

a variety of medications,” says Giovanni Traverso, an associate professor of mechanical engineering at MIT ... funded by Lyndra Therapeutics. Tuesday, June 10, 2025 Anne Trafton | MIT News Horizontal The ingestible ... MIT researchers have developed a pill that can be taken just once a week and gradually releases ...

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