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This flat structure morphs into shape of a human face when temperature changes

Researchers at MIT and elsewhere have designed 3-D printed mesh-like structures that morph from ... and structures can achieve. MIT-Shape-Shifters-1024.jpg A lattice structure, originally printed flat, ... lenses in telescopes. Wim van Rees, assistant professor of mechanical engineering at MIT, also sees ...

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“Electroadhesive” stamp picks up and puts down microscopic structures

similar to or smaller than grains of flour,” says Sanha Kim, a former MIT postdoc and research scientist ... brush. MIT-Electro-Adhesion-1024.jpg Optical image of a pattern of silicon dioxide particles, each ... the Toyota Research Insititute, the National Science Foundation, and the MIT-Skoltech Next Generation ...

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A streamlined approach to determining thermal properties of crystalline solids and alloys

of Nuclear Science and Engineering at MIT, who heads the department’s Quantum Matter Group — was ... already thinking along similar lines. In fact, Li and nine collaborators (from MIT, Lawrence Berkeley ... National Laboratory. MIT-neural-netowrk-1024.png A neural network that carries the full crystal symmetry ...

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Explained: Why perovskites could take solar cells to new heights

of mechanical engineering at MIT and director of the Photovoltaics Research Laboratory. “Perovskites ... with the A being larger.  MIT-Explained-Perovskites-1024.jpg Perovskites are widely seen as the likely ... such great potential? Credits: Jose-Luis Olivares and Christine Daniloff, MIT Within the overall ...

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Bubble findings could unlock better electrode and electrolyzer designs

findings are reported today in the journal Nanoscale, in a paper by recent MIT graduate Jack Lake PhD ’23, ... until this work,” says Varanasi. MIT_Controlling-Bubbles-01-PRESS_0.png “Our work demonstrates that ... Credit: Christine Daniloff, MIT The knowledge that the area under bubbles can be significantly active ...

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Powering Desalination with the Sun

MIT-natasha-wright_1024.jpg Photo by: Bryce Vickmark Wright joined the lab of Amos Winter, an assistant professor of ... noticeably salty, so later, after returning to MIT, Wright  began designing an electrodialysis desalination ... Julia Sklar | MIT News correspondent red International Maker Horizontal PhD student Natasha Wright makes ...

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Untangling the Mechanics of Knots

intuition and tradition. MIT-Untangling-Knot1024.jpg Now researchers at MIT and Pierre et Marie Curie ... Foundation. Monday, September 7, 2015 Jennifer Chu | MIT News Office red Horizontal A new model developed by ...

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New plant-derived composite is tough as bone and hard as aluminum

plastics. Now, an MIT team has engineered a composite made mostly from cellulose nanocrystals mixed with ... their results today in the journal Cellulose. MIT-Printing-Cellulose-02-press.jpg The team hit on ... Engineering Graduate Fellowship. Thursday, February 10, 2022 Jennifer Chu | MIT News Office Horizontal A new ...

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Pushing through sand

For those of you who take sandcastle building very seriously, listen up: MIT engineers now say you ... generate useful equations  for cohesive materials like muds. MIT-Sand-Intruder_1024.jpg The photograph ... mechanical engineering at MIT, says scientists have regarded granular RFT as “somewhat like magic,” unsure of ...

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Student teams design in the face of danger

conceived, designed, built, and tested by students in MIT’s iconic product design class known by its course ... number, 2.009. MIT-2.009-Event-1024.jpg At the conclusion of Monday’s final presentations for the ... L. Chandler | MIT News Office Education Entrepreneurship Horizontal Teams of mechanical engineering ...

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Pushy robots learn the fundamentals of object manipulation

MIT researchers have compiled a dataset that captures the detailed behavior of a robotic system ... MIT-Pushing-Dynamics_1024.jpg A key to compiling the novel Omnipush dataset was building modular objects (pictured) that enabled ... will fuel continuing advances in robotic manipulation.” Sunday, October 20, 2019 Rob Matheson | MIT ...

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How to prevent biofilms in space

a paper in the journal Nature Microgravity, by Samantha McBride PhD ’20 and Kripa Varanasi of MIT, Pamela ... did on Earth at preventing microbial adhesion. MIT_Space-Biofilms-02-PRESS.jpg Preventing biofilms ... September 6, 2023 David L. Chandler | MIT News Collaboration Horizontal Microbial or fungal biofilms on ...

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Finger-shaped sensor enables more dexterous robots

perform. MIT-Svelte-Finger-02-PRESS.jpg A breakdown of the components that make up the finger-like touch ... sensor. Image: Courtesy of the researchers MIT researchers have developed a camera-based touch sensor that ... supported, in part, by the Toyota Research Institute. Tuesday, October 3, 2023 Adam Zewe | MIT News ...

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“Sun in a box” would store renewable energy for the grid

MIT engineers have come up with a conceptual design for a system to store renewable energy, such ... clock. MIT-Renewable-Storage-1024.jpg MIT researchers propose a concept for a renewable storage system, ... to power the entire grid.” Tuesday, December 4, 2018 Jennifer Chu | MIT News Office International ...

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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 ... “invisible” objects, in the dark. MIT-Invisible-Vision_1024.jpg From an original transparent etching (far ... left to image,” says George Barbastathis, professor of mechanical engineering at MIT. “When it comes to ...

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Using mechanics for cleaner membranes

soon be in sight. A team of researchers from the MIT Department of Mechanical Engineering, supported by ... a seed grant from MIT’s Abdul Latif Jameel Water and Food Systems Lab (J-WAFS), has found an alternative. ... materials. MIT-Lienhard-Zhao1024.png Mechanical engineering professors John Lienhard and Xuanhe Zhao teamed ...

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2.009 makes its “Move!” onstage

presentations of 2.009 (Product Engineering Processes). MIT-2009-Final Presentations-01-press_0 2.jpg ... A full-capacity audience waits in Kresge Auditorium for the MIT 2.009 Prototype Launch to begin. The 2022 theme ... then demo and pitch in front of a live audience, on MIT’s largest stage.  This year, students worked in ...

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Lemelson-MIT announces National Collegiate Student Prize Competition winners

The Lemelson-MIT Program today announced winners of the Lemelson-MIT National Collegiate Student ... students. The Lemelson-MIT Program awarded $50,000 in prizes, with winning undergraduate teams receiving ... spanning 26 universities across the country. “The national expansion of the Lemelson-MIT National ...

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To advance climate action, MIT seeks partnerships beyond industry

MIT is uniquely positioned to lead the way on the technological advances and policy options needed ... to address climate change. At the second MIT Climate Engagement Forum of the semester, students, ... even this one, to solve alone,” said Maria Zuber, MIT’s vice president for research, in opening ...

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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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