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Bubble findings could unlock better electrode and electrolyzer designs
Industrial electrochemical processes that use electrodes to produce fuels and chemical products ... interference. The findings show exactly how the blocking effect works and could lead to new ways of designing ... electrode surfaces to minimize inefficiencies in these widely used electrochemical processes. It has long ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/bubble-findings-could-unlock-better-electrode-and-electrolyzer-designsWrinkle Predictions
have not been able to come up with a way to predict how such patterns arise in curved systems, such as ... over a huge range of scales.” The group sought to develop a general theory to describe how wrinkles on ... experiments, Reis manufactured ping pong-sized balls of polymer in order to investigate how their surface ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/wrinkle-predictionsScientists Tune Polymer Material’s Transparency
through. Now MIT scientists have come up with a theory to predict exactly how much light is transmitted ... contained some darkened regions, and the team was looking to see how deforming the block would change the ... go through with deformation.” He adds that going forward, he hopes to use the equation to help tune ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/scientists-tune-polymer-material%E2%80%99s-transparencyThe power of play
research and education?” Anthony asks. “How can we use its tools — and develop new ones — to connect ... Korea, will seek to chart the future of how people interact with the world and each other via the latest ... a founding member of the MIT.nano industry consortium. “How do we apply the language of gaming to technology ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/power-playPanel addresses technologies needed for a net-zero future
construction to be carbon neutral as well. Reinhart then showed a series of examples of how such conversions ... could take place using existing solar and heat pump technology, and depending on the configuration, how ... incentives for others, “we have to be very clever on how we spend all this money … and make sure that ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/panel-addresses-technologies-needed-net-zero-futureMIT engineers design flexible “skeletons” for soft, muscle-powered robots
natural muscles. They’ve demonstrated a handful of “biohybrid” robots that use muscle-based actuators to ... build, and no general blueprint for how to get the most out of muscles for any given robot design. Now, ... now use to turn muscle actuation into multiple degrees of freedom of motion in a very predictable ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/mit-engineers-design-flexible-%E2%80%9Cskeletons%E2%80%9D-soft-muscle-powered-robotsTechnique could boost resolution of tissue imaging as much as tenfold
both their resolution and imaging depth. Using light of a longer wavelength can help to avoid this ... researchers at MIT have developed a technique to use the effect to their advantage. The new technique, which ... they describe in a paper published in the journal Science, allows them to use light scattering to ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/technique-could-boost-resolution-tissue-imaging-much-tenfoldNew 3D printing technique creates unique objects quickly and with less waste
shade of materials to create objects with complex patterns, without the need to use multiple materials. ... produces less waste than other methods. Bottom: Speed-modulated ironing can be used to vary coarseness of ... instructions which achieve color, shade, and texture specifications. One could use speed-modulated ironing to ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/new-3d-printing-technique-creates-unique-objects-quickly-and-less-wasteMorphable surfaces could cut air resistance
of how controlled processes of mechanical buckling can be used to create three-dimensional structures ... There is a story about how the modern golf ball, with its dimpled surface, came to be: In the ... had to use an old, dented one, and realized that he could drive this dimpled ball much further than ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/morphable-surfaces-could-cut-air-resistanceNew purification method could make protein drugs cheaper
the purification step: isolating the protein from the bioreactor used to produce it. This step can ... purification. Their approach, which uses specialized nanoparticles to rapidly crystallize proteins, could help ... uses bioconjugate-functionalized nanoparticles to act as templates for enhancing protein crystal ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/new-purification-method-could-make-protein-drugs-cheaperNew model of the GI tract could speed drug development
can be used to test up to 10,000 samples per day. To see how well the system predicts human drug ... MIT engineers have devised a way to speed up the development of new drugs by rapidly testing how ... well they are absorbed in the small intestine. This approach could also be used to find new ways to ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/new-model-gi-tract-could-speed-drug-developmentSustainable solutions at home and abroad
has taught me more than just how to build things, it has changed how I think. It was honestly the best ... to expose him to how engineers are developing solutions to promote sustainability. Part of the ... a government scale besides how I vote, but with MIT Divest I felt empowered to fight for change within the MIT ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/sustainable-solutions-home-and-abroadDavid Larson
modeling ship-wave interactions to understand how ships behave in severe storms. David Larson Credit: ... explains Larson. “I’m working to create a framework that gets more accurate predictions for how ships ... behave in severe storms and to get those predictions fast enough to use in iterative design.” Current ...
https://meche.mit.edu/people/david-larsonGuided discovery in teaching structural mechanics
development,” he adds. “My real goal is to teach students how to think, especially how to make artful use of ... students engaged. “Getting used to the notion of trying and failing is an incredibly important piece of ... combine a physical understanding of how structures work with mathematical calculations. To keep students ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/guided-discovery-teaching-structural-mechanics“Active” Surfaces Control What’s on Them
gravity, or other forces, to move fluids or particles.” Varanasi’s team decided to use external fields, ... as in a microfluidic device used to test biological or chemical samples by mixing them with a variety ... use magnetism to move particles or fluids, these require the material being moved to be magnetic, and ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/%E2%80%9Cactive%E2%80%9D-surfaces-control-what%E2%80%99s-themMechE Film "Water Is Life" Wins New England Emmy Award
Wright and Professor Amos Winter as they travel to India gathering research on how to design a low-cost ... Freidah received an email from his new friend saying he new someone with a drone that he could use to film ... scale, and how essential it is to support new research and technologies that hope to solve it. “I really ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/meche-film-water-life-wins-new-england-emmy-awardOverlooked cells might explain the human brain’s huge storage capacity
MIT-AstroCyteMemory-01-press_1024x768.jpg MIT researchers have a new hypothesis for how brain cells called astrocytes might contribute to ... connections might be doing and how they might contribute to memory storage. Their model is based on Hopfield ... developed by John Hopfield and Shun-Ichi Amari in the 1970s and 1980s, are often used to model the brain, ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/overlooked-cells-might-explain-human-brain%E2%80%99s-huge-storage-capacityRJ Scaringe
vehicles that can be driven on- or off-road. “They’re designed to be comfortable to use and invite you to ... sophisticated. But we’ve used technology to make the traditional weaknesses of these vehicles strengths.” Users ... packs, using proprietary cooling systems to achieve energy efficiency that Scaringe claims is better than ...
https://meche.mit.edu/people/rj-scaringeStartup founded by MIT alumnus unveils electric vehicles for the future
comfortable to use and invite you to get dirty,” Scaringe says. “When I say truck or SUV, you’re thinking ... inefficient and not particularly sophisticated. But we’ve used technology to make the traditional weaknesses ... Rivian uses an innovative design and powertrain to change that. A high-tech transportation solution Both ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/startup-founded-mit-alumnus-unveils-electric-vehicles-futureTurning a circle into a square is possible with this kirigami-inspired formula
could be used to solve various design problems, such as how a robot can be engineered to transform from ... two-dimensional, kirigami-inspired transformation. The method can be used to determine the angle and length of cuts ... pulled apart and pushed back together to form an entirely new shape. The challenge was to describe how ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/turning-circle-square-possible-kirigami-inspired-formula