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Novel membrane reveals water molecules will bounce off a liquid surface

associate professor of mechanical engineering at MIT. “There’s a lot of controversy, and there’s no easy way ... or a lake across town. All of these surfaces represent liquid-vapor interfaces, where liquid meets ... air. Molecules of water vapor constantly collide with these liquid surfaces: Some make it through the ...

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A new way to detect leaks in pipes

altogether. Now researchers at MIT and King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM) in Saudi Arabia ... mechanical engineering at MIT and lead author of the research papers. “We’ve proved that the concept works.” ... years, including one that leveled an apartment building in New York this spring. But while the problem of ...

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New material could make it easier to remove colon polyps

using endoscopic tools,” says Giovanni Traverso, an assistant professor in MIT’s Department of ... Foundation, the Division of Gastroenterology at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and the MIT Department of ... 20 percent of those, gastroenterologists end up removing precancerous growths from the colon. ...

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How cormorants emerge dry after deep dives

Engineering Professor of Teaching Innovation in MIT’s Department of Mechanical Engineering. “By putting our ... work was supported by the Army Research Office, the Office of Naval Research, and the MIT ... Feathers have long been recognized as a classic example of efficient water-shedding — as in the ...

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A new way to prepare graduate students to lead in tech

Before coming to MIT, Benjamin Lienhard focused most of his energy exploring fragile quantum ... Bernard M. Gordon-MIT Engineering Leadership Program (GEL). This led to the creation of a new interim MIT ... choose from dozens of graduate courses from across MIT to build their own certificate, including subjects ...

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