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Noninvasive imaging could replace finger pricks for people with diabetes
A noninvasive method for measuring blood glucose levels, developed at MIT, could save diabetes ... patients from having to prick their fingers several times a day. The MIT team used Raman spectroscopy ... MIT-non-invasive-glucose-01-press_1024.jpg A noninvasive blood-glucose monitoring method developed at MIT could spare diabetes patients from ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/noninvasive-imaging-could-replace-finger-pricks-people-diabetesClass Close-Up: 2.S999
Solving for carbon neutrality at MIT While so many faculty and researchers at MIT are developing ... students’ hands. In class 2.S999, Solving for Carbon Neutrality at MIT, teams of students are tasked with ... developing a plan to achieve carbon neutrality on MIT’s campus by 2060. MIT-Sunset-Dominick-Reuter 1024.jpg ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/class-close-2s999Ultrasonic device dramatically speeds harvesting of water from the air
“atmospheric water harvesting.” MIT-Water-Shaker01-press_460.jpg MIT engineers designed an ultrasonic system to ... days. Now, MIT engineers have come up with a way to quickly recover water from an atmospheric water ... to desalinate,” says Svetlana Boriskina, principal research scientist in MIT’s Department of ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/ultrasonic-device-dramatically-speeds-harvesting-water-airA shape-changing antenna for more versatile sensing and communication
MIT researchers have developed a reconfigurable antenna that dynamically adjusts its frequency ... environmental conditions and reduce the need for multiple antennas. MIT ... like the “bunny ears” on top of old television sets, but the MIT team instead worked with metamaterials ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/shape-changing-antenna-more-versatile-sensing-and-communicationStartup founded by MIT alumnus unveils electric vehicles for the future
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 ... for us.” Scaringe knew fulfilling his vision would be difficult, but he believes his time at MIT ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/startup-founded-mit-alumnus-unveils-electric-vehicles-futureAdhesive inspired by hitchhiking sucker fish sticks to soft surfaces underwater
other marine animals, researchers from MIT and other institutions have designed a mechanical adhesive ... weeks. MIT_Underwater-Adhesives-01-press_0_1024x683.jpg MIT engineers have devised a novel adhesive ... mechanical engineering at MIT, a gastroenterologist at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, an associate member of ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/adhesive-inspired-hitchhiking-sucker-fish-sticks-soft-surfaces-underwaterPalladium filters could enable cheaper, more efficient generation of hydrogen fuel
around 800 kelvins, they can break down. Now, MIT engineers have developed a new palladium membrane that ... separating out hydrogen, rather than degrading as a surface film would. MIT ... MIT’s Department of Mechanical Engineering. Kim and his colleagues report details of the new membrane in ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/palladium-filters-could-enable-cheaper-more-efficient-generation-hydrogen-fuelA simple formula could guide the design of faster-charging, longer-lasting batteries
MIT-Lithium-Intercalation-01-press_1024.jpg Lithium intercalation is the process by which lithium ions insert themselves into the solid ... electrode of a lithium-ion battery. MIT researchers have shown that as lithium ions (green) move from an ... MIT In a new study, MIT researchers have measured lithium intercalation rates in a variety of ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/simple-formula-could-guide-design-faster-charging-longer-lasting-batteriesAlumni Profile: Jacklyn (Holmes) Herbst ’10 MEngM ‘11, Isabella DiDio ‘16, and Ann McInroy ‘18
working for the same team. MIT-Alumni-1024.jpg From left to right: Ann McInroy ’18, Isabella Didio ’16, ... experiences studying mechanical engineering at MIT to help each other solve problems. “There’s a lot of ... brought me to Jackie’s office he told me that Jackie also went to MIT and made us do a fist bump with our ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/alumni-profile-jacklyn-holmes-herbst-%E2%80%9910-mengm-%E2%80%9811-isabella-didio-%E2%80%9816-and-ann-mcinroy-%E2%80%9818Ben Katz
work. As an undergraduate at MIT, Katz studied mechanical engineering, opting for the flexible Course 2A ... He then spent the summer in Kim’s lab as part of the MIT UROP – or Undergraduate Research ... a master’s degree in mechanical engineering at MIT, Katz continued working in Kim’s lab and developed ...
https://meche.mit.edu/people/ben-katzHow AI could speed the development of RNA vaccines and other RNA therapies
Using artificial intelligence, MIT researchers have come up with a new way to design nanoparticles ... into the particles. MIT-AI-Nanoparticles-01-press_1024.jpg Machine learning tools help to accelerate ... type or help incorporate different materials. Credit: courtesy of the researchers; MIT News. “What we ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/how-ai-could-speed-development-rna-vaccines-and-other-rna-therapiesArtificial tendons give muscle-powered robots a boost
MIT-ArtificialTendons-01-press_1024.jpg Researchers have developed artificial tendons for muscle-powered robots. They attached the rubber ... unit.” Credit: Courtesy of the researchers; edited by MIT News But for the most part, these designs are ... limited in the amount of motion and power they can produce. Now, MIT engineers are aiming to give bio-bots ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/artificial-tendons-give-muscle-powered-robots-boostStartups take root in senior capstone class
market analysis and alpha-prototype production. MIT-2.009-Event-PRESS.jpg Mechanical engineering students ... They utilized entrepreneurship resources at MIT like the MIT Sandbox Innovation Fund Program, the ... Martin Trust Center for MIT Entrepreneurship “delta v” accelerator, the MIT $100k Entrepreneurship ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/startups-take-root-senior-capstone-classEngineering fantasy into reality
MIT-Erik-Ballesteros-01-press_1024.jpg Erik Ballesteros is currently at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory to refine the design of ... is a PhD student in mechanical engineering at MIT, and has already made good on his childhood goal. ... Before coming to MIT, he interned on multiple projects at JSC, working in the training facility to help ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/engineering-fantasy-realityLooking to space to cure osteoarthritis
teaching a basic course on semiconductor physics and circuits in MIT’s Department of Electrical Engineering ... London, founder of the Harvard-MIT Program in Health Sciences and Technology, Grodzinsky won a sabbatical ... I teach my course at MIT related to biomechanics,” Grodzinsky says, “I ask about ACL injuries, and just as ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/looking-space-cure-osteoarthritisErik Ballesteros
MIT-Erik-Ballesteros-01-press_1024.jpg Erik Ballesteros is currently at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory to refine the design of ... is a PhD student in mechanical engineering at MIT, and has already made good on his childhood goal. ... Before coming to MIT, he interned on multiple projects at JSC, working in the training facility to help ...
https://meche.mit.edu/people/erik-ballesterosStudy finds cell memory can be more like a dimmer dial than an on/off switch
Lite-Brite pattern. But MIT engineers have found that the picture has many more shades. ... MIT-Genetic-Dimmer-01A-press_1024.jpg Traditionally, scientists have thought that epigenetic memory locks genes either “on” or “off” ... — either fully activated or fully repressed. But MIT engineers have found that a cell’s memory is set not ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/study-finds-cell-memory-can-be-more-dimmer-dial-onoff-switchDesigning for a more equitable world
This October marks 15 years since Amy Smith, a celebrated inventor and educator, founded MIT ... challenges. MIT-D-Lab-Amy-Smith-1024.jpg D-Lab classes, research groups, and programs are connected to ... School of Engineering to discuss her love of teaching MIT students about international development work, ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/designing-more-equitable-world3Q: Felice Frankel on improving the visual side of science
several books, as well as in classes and workshops at MIT and around the country, and an online class on ... MITx. Her latest book, “Picturing Science and Engineering,” published this week by MIT Press, is an ... engineers, Frankel is also a consultant to the MIT News Office. She spoke with MIT News about some of the ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/3q-felice-frankel-improving-visual-side-scienceVibrations of coronavirus proteins may play a role in infection
sometimes jiggling the key a bit will help. Now, new research from MIT suggests that coronaviruses, ... cell wall so it can hijack the cell’s reproductive mechanisms. MIT-COVID-Spikes-02-PRESS.jpg New ... research at MIT shows that vibrations of the protein spikes on coronaviruses, including the one that causes ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/vibrations-coronavirus-proteins-may-play-role-infection