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Controlling bubble formation on electrodes
bubbles that can block or clog the reactive surfaces. Now, a study at MIT has for the first time analyzed ... described today in the journal Joule, in a paper by MIT visiting scholar Ryuichi Iwata, graduate student ... resistant to blockage by larger bubbles. MIT-Water-Splitting-1024jpg.jpg This image shows the interplay ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/controlling-bubble-formation-electrodesFour researchers earn interdisciplinary Schmidt Science Fellowships
Four MIT-affiliated researchers are among 28 around the world to have been named to a competitive ... they undertake.” MIT-SchmidtFellows1024.jpg Left to right: Álvaro Fernández Galiana, Fatima Hussain, ... Photo courtesy of MIT News. Álvaro Fernández Galiana is a PhD candidate in mechanical engineering. As ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/four-researchers-earn-interdisciplinary-schmidt-science-fellowshipsSoft robots that grip with the right amount of force
more robustly, researchers from MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL), ... feedback to adjust the position of the robot arm in order to apply the desired force. 1024MIT ... courtesy of MIT CSAIL. This could be useful, for example, for someone using tools when there’s uncertainty ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/soft-robots-grip-right-amount-forceBreaking through the mucus barrier
a hospital. A new drug capsule developed at MIT may one day be able to replace those injections. The capsule ... Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering at MIT and a gastroenterologist at Brigham and Women’s ... injected. Shriya Srinivasan, a research affiliate at MIT’s Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/breaking-through-mucus-barrierAn inflatable gastric balloon could help people lose weight
wear off as the stomach becomes used to the sensation of fullness. To overcome that limitation, MIT ... MIT, a gastroenterologist at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, and the senior author of the study. Neil ... Zixun Jia, who received a PhD from MIT in 2023, is the lead author of the paper, which appears today in ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/inflatable-gastric-balloon-could-help-people-lose-weightCreating “big, beautiful things”
a state-championship-winning robot. A1-MIT-Garrett-Parrish-1024.jpg “The whole goal of my life is to fix all the people ... power to influence that in a good way,” senior Garrett Parrish says. Photo: Ian MacLellan MIT was the ... a part of the MIT culture, and having the resources that are available here, are what really what opened ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/creating-%E2%80%9Cbig-beautiful-things%E2%80%9DVapor-collection technology saves water while clearing the air
developed at MIT by the Varanasi Research Group is hoping to reduce both the water needs at these plants and ... prototype systems, first on MIT’s natural-gas-powered cogeneration plant and then on MIT’s nuclear research ... ’18, with funding from the MIT Tata Center for Technology and Design, to improve the efficiency of ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/vapor-collection-technology-saves-water-while-clearing-airAn Eye for Design
freely? Maria Yang, an associate professor of mechanical engineering at MIT, believes the ways in which ... products’ success. MIT-maria-yang 1024.jpg Photo by Bryce Vickmark “People’s strategies are so fascinating,” ... bottom line.” As founder and director of MIT’s Ideation Lab, Yang helps designers — including architects, ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/eye-designWhen to get your head out of the game
athletes. Now an MIT-invented tool is aiding in detecting and diagnosing concussions, in real-time. ... MIT-Jolt_1024.jpg Photo by Rob Chron In 2007, the American College of Sports Medicine estimated that each year ... head injuries as a national epidemic. Last October, MIT alumnus Ben Harvatine ’12 — who suffered ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/when-get-your-head-out-gameKripa Varanasi: Innovating at interfaces
about to be upended by a new product coming to market. The brainchild of MIT mechanical engineer Kripa ... laboratory to consumer and industrial markets. MIT-Varanasi-1024.jpg Photo by Bryce Vickmark LiquiGlide ... phenomena occur at them, be it mass, momentum, energy, or charge transfer,” he says. “When I came to MIT in ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/kripa-varanasi-innovating-interfacesResearchers design moisture-responsive workout suit
A team of MIT researchers has designed a breathable workout suit with ventilating flaps that open ... are published today in Science Advances. MIT-Sweat-Wearables-01-1024.jpg This breathable workout suit ... these living cells,” says Wen Wang, the paper’s lead author and a former research scientist in MIT ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/researchers-design-moisture-responsive-workout-suitMicrofluidics from LEGO bricks
MIT engineers have just introduced an element of fun into microfluidics. The field of ... MIT-LEGO-Lab-02-1024.jpg LEGO bricks, milled with tiny fluidic channels. Image: Felice Frankel Now the MIT team, looking ... mechanical engineering at MIT. Indeed, LEGO bricks are manufactured so consistently that no matter where in ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/microfluidics-lego-bricksMerging engineering and education
to earn a bachelor’s degree. MIT-Student-Etienne-1024.jpg Senior Nikayah Etienne is majoring in ... science, and encouraged her to consider engineering. That’s when Etienne started looking into MIT. After ... and Science (MITES) program at MIT, where she stayed in Simmons Hall and attended six weeks of ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/merging-engineering-and-educationMonthly birth control pill could replace daily doses
pregnant each year. MIT-Monthly-Contraceptive-1024.jpg After being swallowed, the capsule unfolds and ... digestive tract. Credit: Lyndra Therapeutics MIT researchers are now developing an oral contraceptive that ... says Robert Langer, the David H. Koch Institute Professor at MIT. The new contraceptive is contained ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/monthly-birth-control-pill-could-replace-daily-dosesSimple, solar-powered water desalination
A completely passive solar-powered desalination system developed by researchers at MIT and in ... efficient, low-cost water source. MIT-Portable-Desalination-1024.jpg Tests on an MIT building rooftop showed ... appearing today in the journal Energy and Environmental Science, authored by MIT doctoral students Lenan ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/simple-solar-powered-water-desalinationMaintaining the equipment that powers our world
estimate if and when components will fail. MIT-Tagup-01_1024.jpg Tagup's industrial equipment ... — who recently completed his PhD program in MIT’s Department of Mechanical Engineering and will be ... bulb goes on Vega-Brown and Garrity crossed paths in a number of ways at MIT over the years. As ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/maintaining-equipment-powers-our-worldOur gut-brain connection
different from humans’. To help researchers better understand the gut-brain axis, MIT researchers have ... MIT-GutBrain-Axis-1024.jpg MIT researchers have developed an “organs-on-a-chip” system that replicates interactions between ... the brain, liver, and colon. Image: Courtesy of the researchers. Photo by Martin Trapecar, MIT ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/our-gut-brain-connectionUnleashing the potential of the mind
click a mouse to read an e-book, one of her favorite activities. MIT-Pison-Technologies-1024.jpg The MIT ... Ang on a mission that would change his life. Ten years after graduating from MIT with a mechanical ... him back to MIT through the Advanced Study Program. Ang enrolled in classes at MIT’s Sloan School of ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/unleashing-potential-mindCould we recycle plastic bags into fabrics of the future?
adoption as a wearable textile. Now, MIT engineers have spun polyethylene into fibers and yarns designed to ... more quickly than common textiles such as cotton, nylon, and polyester. MIT-PE-Fabrics-1024.jpg MIT ... a research scientist in MIT’s Department of Mechanical Engineering. Boriskina and her colleagues have ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/could-we-recycle-plastic-bags-fabrics-futureSynthetic gelatin-like material mimics lobster underbelly’s stretch and strength
surprisingly tough. This marine under-armor, as MIT engineers reported in 2019, is made from the toughest known ... forth to swim. Now a separate MIT team has fabricated a hydrogel-based material that mimics the ... “fatigue-resistant,” able to withstand repeated stretches and strains without tearing. MIT ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/synthetic-gelatin-material-mimics-lobster-underbelly%E2%80%99s-stretch-and-strength