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Vapor-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 ...

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An 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, ...

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When 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 ...

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Kripa 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 ...

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Researchers 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 ...

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Microfluidics 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 ...

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Merging 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 ...

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Monthly 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 ...

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Simple, 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 ...

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Maintaining 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 ...

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Our 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 ...

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Unleashing 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 ...

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Could 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 ...

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Synthetic 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 ...

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Study finds cells take out the trash before they divide

MIT researchers have discovered that before cells start to divide, they do a little cleanup, ... functional contents,” says Teemu Miettinen, an MIT research scientist and the lead author of the new study. ... senior author of the paper, which appears today in eLife. MIT biological engineering undergraduates Kevin ...

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Making 3-D printing as simple as printing on paper

handles all prints, which can be expensive. Now MIT spinout New Valence Robotics (NVBOTS) has brought to ... part. MIT-NVBot-1-1024.jpg MIT spinout New Valence Robotics (NVBOTS) has brought to market the only ... years ago in a MIT fraternity house’s basement and commercially launched last April, the printer is now ...

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Study provides suggestions for keeping classroom air fresh

according to a new study from researchers at MIT. MIT-Covid-Classroom-01-1024.jpg Regular ventilation may ... not be enough to prevent the spread of Covid-19; MIT team looks at classroom configurations and ... suggests modifications to enhance safety. Photo Courtesy of MIT News. The study shows how specific ...

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Solving Mysteries of Conductivity in Polymers

MIT-Polymer-1.jpg A scanning transmission electron micrograph (STEM) of the polymer material shows its division into ... Photo by: Asli Ugur Now researchers at MIT and Brookhaven National Laboratory have explained how ... the difficulty in explaining how they work, says Asli Ugur, an MIT postdoc and lead author of the ...

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Tunneling Across a Tiny Gap

gaps. Now researchers at MIT, the University of Oklahoma, and Rutgers University have developed a model ... MIT-Heat-Transfer 1024.jpg This illustration depicts phonons "tunneling" from one lattice of sodium ... “tunneling” from one material to another to enhance heat transport.  Illustration: Jose-Luis Olivares/MIT ...

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Big Range of Behaviors for Tiny Graphene Pores

keep cells healthy and stable. Now researchers at MIT have created tiny pores in single sheets of ... cells. MIT-Graphene-Pores 1024.jpg Illustration by Jose-Luis Olivares/MIT Each graphene pore is less than ... says Rohit Karnik, an associate professor of mechanical engineering at MIT. Karnik says graphene ...

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