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Cell stiffness may indicate whether tumors will invade
benign tumor, showing how the physical properties of those cells drive the tumor to become invasive, or ... a tissue like a tumor or an organ.” The researchers used recently developed techniques to grow healthy ... like using tweezers to pick an egg shell out from the surrounding yolk. Guo says the degree to which ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/cell-stiffness-may-indicate-whether-tumors-will-invadeNew design principle could prevent catheter failure in brain shunts
dynamic calculation and measurements. “The point we are seeking to bring across is how to best design the ... how catheters could be more resistant to failure, and has sometimes conferred with Heldt on the ... validation to the design principles, prototypes would need to be produced and used in clinical trials. But ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/new-design-principle-could-prevent-catheter-failure-brain-shuntsBringing it all back home
— followed by an outline of the policy approach he has used in his own state. To address why we should care, ... strategic interests, Wolf noted that the pandemic showed how hard it was for the U.S. to obtain basic ... Wolf’s attitude toward employees — the family firm has used a profit-sharing system to supplement incomes ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/bringing-it-all-back-home“It’s Okay if it Breaks and Blows Up”
you really have to care about which materials you are using and in what applications.” For MIT ... to explore the engineering challenge of using giant roller coaster motors and a nonrotary propulsion ... activities. “BattleBots” participants used a variety of these makerspaces to construct their robots, including ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/%E2%80%9Cit%E2%80%99s-okay-if-it-breaks-and-blows-up%E2%80%9DThe Power of Salt
only up to a point. Interestingly, 95 percent of a system’s maximum power output can be generated using ... a lot, clever people are figuring out how to pack a lot of membrane into a small volume,” Banchik says. ... river meets the sea, there is the potential to harness a significant amount of renewable energy, ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/power-saltNew Kind of “Tandem” Solar Cell Developed
energy. The development could lead to photovoltaic cells that are more efficient than those currently used ... than 35 percent. They will also explore how to easily manufacture the new type of device, but ... Researchers combine two types of photovoltaic material to make a cell that harnesses more ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/new-kind-%E2%80%9Ctandem%E2%80%9D-solar-cell-developedThe tenured engineers of 2023
engineering and mechanical engineering, uses nonlinear solid mechanics to understand how materials behave ... environments. His theoretical research is used to develop hypotheses and corroborate predictions of how ... cancer and infections. By using a variety of techniques to study the antigen recognition of T cells, he ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/tenured-engineers-2023Peeking into a chrysalis, videos reveal growth of butterfly wing scales
Engineering. “This strategy might be used, for example, to give both color and self-cleaning properties to ... better.” In their new study, he and his colleagues looked to continuously observe how scales grow and ... They then used a bioadhesive to stick a transparent coverslip over the opening, creating a window ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/peeking-chrysalis-videos-reveal-growth-butterfly-wing-scalesBefore the wreckage comes ashore
application of dynamic systems theory, a branch of mathematics used to understand complex phenomena that ... prevail in the waters off Ningaloo. They hope to determine when the reef is at high risk and how long ... the analysis method. But we don't have a product ready yet that responders can use to make ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/wreckage-comes-ashoreMaking waves
paths for underwater robots to anticipating how bioluminescent organisms will affect sonar propagation. ... approximate models initialized using that fuzzy data could lead to widely varying predictions. Lermusiaux ... of life forms from plankton to whales. Lermusiaux’s group uses mathematical computations to model the ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/making-wavesNew test rapidly diagnoses Zika
easy-to-use, cheap, and portable diagnostic in countries where Zika and Dengue are both prevalent and the ... repertoire that would give you uniqueness in the detection.” The researchers used these pairs to create five ... information we could use in the future to develop additional tests that can be used to detect other emerging ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/new-test-rapidly-diagnoses-zikaEngineers make clear droplets produce iridescent colors
and optical conditions. The model could be used as a design guide to produce, for example, ... companies are asking, can we use structural colors to replace potentially unhealthy dyes? Thanks to the ... colors are separated into different directions. In physics, Mie scattering theory is used to describe the ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/engineers-make-clear-droplets-produce-iridescent-colorsA light rain can spread soil bacteria far and wide, study finds
systems could also lead to this type of dispersal. So this [study] has implications for how you might ... Using high-resolution imaging, researchers from MIT’s Department of Mechanical Engineering observed the ... a light rain, at temperatures similar to those in tropical regions, the drops released a spray of mist, or ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/light-rain-can-spread-soil-bacteria-far-and-wide-study-findsEngineers design bionic “heart” for testing prosthetic valves, other cardiac devices
blood to the rest of the body, while the right ventricle uses less force to pump blood to the lungs. ... how water flows through white matter in the brain, to map the microscopic fiber orientations of a left ... heart moves to pump blood through the body. Ultimately, the researchers hope to use the bionic heart as ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/engineers-design-bionic-%E2%80%9Cheart%E2%80%9D-testing-prosthetic-valves-other-cardiac-devicesMIT Electric Vehicle Team: An Electrifying Start
would fix their problem. They were worried about how long it would take because they had to remove more ... Vehicle Team (EVT) member stood transfixed by an empty finish line, waiting anxiously for their bike to ... Jeunnette, Randall Briggs, and Erick Fuentes wondered how their bike would perform in the real deal. “The ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/mit-electric-vehicle-team-electrifying-startFor cheaper solar cells, thinner really is better
efficiency. The researchers say there are now ways to begin addressing these challenges through the use of ... That’s because the expansion can be constrained by limits on how fast new plants can be built to produce ... performance down to thicknesses as low as 40 micrometers, using today’s improved manufacturing processes. “We ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/cheaper-solar-cells-thinner-really-betterLearning challenges shape a mechanical engineer’s path
he says, was truly life-changing. At first, to use this program he had to disassemble textbooks, feed ... strategies on a Kuka LBR iiwa robot to learn about how humans regulate their many degrees of freedom. This ... researchers at the University of Pittsburgh to see if these ideas prove useful in the development of brain ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/learning-challenges-shape-mechanical-engineer%E2%80%99s-pathStudents demonstrate "calculated imagination" in robot competition
hands-on experience in designing and building. Students can only use the materials given to them at the ... Thursday night, according to Massie, was spending lots of time on a computer using CAD to make sure his ... calculated imagination!” Thirty-two student finalists showed just how calculated their imagination could be ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/students-demonstrate-calculated-imagination-robot-competitionTapping the hidden value of farm waste, while reducing harmful burn off
a reactor that uses a process called torrefaction to densify biomass, making it transportable and increasing ... place in a closed, energy-efficient loop. The biomass releases combustible gases that are used to ... farmers burn biomass waste in the form of husks, stalks, and other plant residue in order to clear the ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/tapping-hidden-value-farm-waste-while-reducing-harmful-burnDrive-By Heat Mapping
how closely coupled the hardware was to the software. “This is truly mechatronic,” he says. “A small ... In 2007, Google unleashed a fleet of cars with roof-mounted cameras to provide street-level images of ... roads around the world. Now MIT spinout Essess is bringing similar “drive-by” innovations to energy ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/drive-heat-mapping