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Hairy tongues help bats drink up
tasty sap. MIT-Bat-Tongues_10124.jpg Animals have evolved all manner of adaptations to get the nutrients ... spoons to scoop and drag up the tasty sap. Now engineers at MIT have found that, for bats and other ... MIT’s Department of Mathematics. “We hope that our theory explains what are the main trending mechanisms ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/hairy-tongues-help-bats-drink“Body on a chip” could improve drug evaluation
MIT engineers have developed new technology that could be used to evaluate new drugs and detect ... MIT-Organs-Chip-01-1024.jpg MIT engineers have designed a microfluidic platform that connects engineered tissue from up to 10 ... are designed to interact with the human immune system. David Trumper, an MIT professor of mechanical ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/%E2%80%9Cbody-chip%E2%80%9D-could-improve-drug-evaluationNew approach makes sprayed droplets hit and stick to their targets
land instead of bouncing off. MIT-Mesh-Droplets-1024.jpg Photos illustrate how the tiny droplets ... Varanasi Research Group Now, a team of MIT researchers has found a way to balance those properties and get ... findings are reported today in the journal Physical Review Fluids, in a paper by MIT associate professor of ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/new-approach-makes-sprayed-droplets-hit-and-stick-their-targetsStamp-sized graphene sheets riddled with holes could be boon for molecular separation
MIT engineers have found a way to directly “pinprick” microscopic holes into graphene as the ... molecules out of solutions vastly more efficient. MIT-Big-Graphene-1024.jpg MIT researchers have developed ... Felice Frankel Such holes would typically be considered unwanted defects, but the MIT team has found that ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/stamp-sized-graphene-sheets-riddled-holes-could-be-boon-molecular-separationUnleashing perovskites’ potential for solar cells
MIT-Perovskite-Efficiency-1024.jpg Solar cells made of perovskite have great promise, in part because they can easily be made on ... a paper by former MIT postdoc Juan-Pablo Correa-Baena, MIT professors Tonio Buonassisi and Moungi Bawendi, ... and 18 others at MIT, the University of California at San Diego, and other institutions. Perovskites ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/unleashing-perovskites%E2%80%99-potential-solar-cellsArtificial “muscles” achieve powerful pulling force
researchers at MIT have found a way to imitate this coiling-and-pulling mechanism to produce contracting ... biomedical applications. MIT-Artificial-Muscles-1024.jpg The tiny coils in the fiber developed by MIT ... reported today in the journal Science. The new fibers were developed by MIT postdoc Mehmet Kanik and MIT ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/artificial-%E2%80%9Cmuscles%E2%80%9D-achieve-powerful-pulling-forceAutonomous system improves environmental sampling at sea
An autonomous robotic system invented by researchers at MIT and the Woods Hole Oceanographic ... coral reef most exposed to air. MIT-Robotic-Sampling-1024.jpg Even in unexplored waters, an ... MIT-developed robotic system can efficiently sniff out valuable, hard-to-find spots to collect samples from. ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/autonomous-system-improves-environmental-sampling-seaUsing “organs-on-a-chip” to model complicated diseases
MIT biological engineers have created a multitissue model that lets them study the relationships ... human gut plays an important role under these inflammatory conditions. MIT-Gut-Liver-1024.jpg MIT ... systematic conditions,” says Martin Trapecar, an MIT postdoc and the lead author of the paper. Complex models ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/using-%E2%80%9Corgans-chip%E2%80%9D-model-complicated-diseasesSolar energy farms could offer second life for electric vehicle batteries
by six current and former MIT researchers, including postdoc Ian Mathews and professor of mechanical ... engineering Tonio Buonassisi, who is head of the Photovoltaics Research Laboratory. MIT ... -Battery-Reuse-1024.jpg An MIT study shows that electrical vehicle batteries could have a useful and profitable second life ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/solar-energy-farms-could-offer-second-life-electric-vehicle-batteries“Colloidal gels,” ubiquitous in everyday products, divulge their secrets
Researchers at MIT have developed a new method for determining the structure and behavior of ... these colloidal gels in a crystallized, porous form known as zeolites. MIT ... and professor of mechanical engineering at MIT. “Our results enable researchers to determine why weak ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/%E2%80%9Ccolloidal-gels%E2%80%9D-ubiquitous-everyday-products-divulge-their-secretsJoystick-operated robot could help surgeons treat stroke remotely
MIT engineers have developed a telerobotic system to help surgeons quickly and remotely treat ... save the patient’s life and preserve their brain function. MIT-Robo-Stroke-01-1024.jpg With a modified ... any damage to the brain. The MIT team envisions that its robotic system could be installed at smaller ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/joystick-operated-robot-could-help-surgeons-treat-stroke-remotelyEngineers use artificial intelligence to capture the complexity of breaking waves
predict. Now, MIT engineers have found a new way to model how waves break. The team used machine learning ... affiliate of the Institute for Data, Systems, and Society at MIT. “It may sound like a detail, but if you ... important to climate prediction.” The study’s co-authors include lead author and MIT postdoc Debbie Eeltink, ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/engineers-use-artificial-intelligence-capture-complexity-breaking-wavesEngineers invent vertical, full-color microscopic LEDs
a “screen door effect” such that users perceive stripes in the space between pixels. Now, MIT engineers have ... create vertical, multicolored pixels. MIT_Vertical-LEDs-01-PRESS_0.jpg MIT engineers have developed a new ... reported in the journals,” says Jeehwan Kim, associate professor of mechanical engineering at MIT. “We show ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/engineers-invent-vertical-full-color-microscopic-ledsNew model predicts how shoe properties affect a runner’s performance
a person’s particular running style. MIT engineers are hoping to change that with a new model that predicts ... how certain shoe properties will affect a runner’s performance. MIT ... _Sneaker-Design-01-PRESS_0.jpg A model developed by MIT engineers predicts the optimal running shoe design for a given runner. Pictured ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/new-model-predicts-how-shoe-properties-affect-runner%E2%80%99s-performancePing pong bot returns shots with high-speed precision
MIT engineers are getting in on the robotic ping pong game with a powerful, lightweight design ... its end effector will meet an object, in real-time,” says MIT graduate student David Nguyen. Nguyen is ... a co-author of the new study, along with MIT graduate student Kendrick Cancio and Sangbae Kim, associate ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/ping-pong-bot-returns-shots-high-speed-precisionEldercare robot helps people sit and stand, and catches them if they fall
urgent societal issue. To help address the eldercare challenge, a team of MIT engineers is looking to ... them by rapidly inflating side airbags if they begin to fall. MIT-ElderCare-Robot-01-press_1024.jpg Six ... of multiple possible assistance scenarios with a prototype of a new robot being developed at MIT. Top ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/eldercare-robot-helps-people-sit-and-stand-and-catches-them-if-they-fallNew 3D printing method enables complex designs and creates less waste
waste. MIT engineers have found a way to bypass this last finishing step, in a way that could ... solvents. MIT-Dissolvable-Supports-01-press_1024x768.jpg Researchers have developed a resin that turns into ... that is easily dissolvable in certain solvents. Image: Courtesy of the researchers; MIT News The team ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/new-3d-printing-method-enables-complex-designs-and-creates-less-wasteStudy shows making hydrogen with soda cans and seawater is scalable and sustainable
fuels, making hydrogen less of a “green” fuel over its entire life cycle. A new process developed by MIT ... MIT_Hydrogen-FOOTPRINT-01-PRESS_1024x768.jpg MIT engineers have developed a new aluminum-based process to produce hydrogen gas, that they are ... ballpark of green hydrogen,” says lead author Aly Kombargi PhD ’25, who graduated this spring from MIT with ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/study-shows-making-hydrogen-soda-cans-and-seawater-scalable-and-sustainableMaking agriculture more resilient to climate change
Researchers across MIT are taking on these agricultural challenges from a variety of angles, from engineering ... associate professor of civil and environmental engineering at MIT. Marelli is the director of one of the six ... missions of the recently launched Climate Project at MIT, which focus on research areas such as ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/making-agriculture-more-resilient-climate-changeWind Energy Reaches Greater Heights
Pappalardo Professor of Mechanical Engineering at MIT — is developing a novel system that adapts ... to the wind farm.” MIT-Keystone-1024.jpg Model of a turbine constructed with Keystone Tower ... electrical engineering and computer science at MIT, conceived of a tapered spiral-welding process while ...
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