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Monthly birth control pill could replace daily doses
pregnant each year. MIT-Monthly-Contraceptive-1024.jpg After being swallowed, the capsule unfolds and ... digestive tract. Credit: Lyndra Therapeutics MIT researchers are now developing an oral contraceptive that ... says Robert Langer, the David H. Koch Institute Professor at MIT. The new contraceptive is contained ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/monthly-birth-control-pill-could-replace-daily-dosesSimple, solar-powered water desalination
A completely passive solar-powered desalination system developed by researchers at MIT and in ... efficient, low-cost water source. MIT-Portable-Desalination-1024.jpg Tests on an MIT building rooftop showed ... appearing today in the journal Energy and Environmental Science, authored by MIT doctoral students Lenan ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/simple-solar-powered-water-desalinationMaintaining the equipment that powers our world
estimate if and when components will fail. MIT-Tagup-01_1024.jpg Tagup's industrial equipment ... — who recently completed his PhD program in MIT’s Department of Mechanical Engineering and will be ... bulb goes on Vega-Brown and Garrity crossed paths in a number of ways at MIT over the years. As ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/maintaining-equipment-powers-our-worldOur gut-brain connection
different from humans’. To help researchers better understand the gut-brain axis, MIT researchers have ... MIT-GutBrain-Axis-1024.jpg MIT researchers have developed an “organs-on-a-chip” system that replicates interactions between ... the brain, liver, and colon. Image: Courtesy of the researchers. Photo by Martin Trapecar, MIT ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/our-gut-brain-connectionUnleashing the potential of the mind
click a mouse to read an e-book, one of her favorite activities. MIT-Pison-Technologies-1024.jpg The MIT ... Ang on a mission that would change his life. Ten years after graduating from MIT with a mechanical ... him back to MIT through the Advanced Study Program. Ang enrolled in classes at MIT’s Sloan School of ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/unleashing-potential-mindCould we recycle plastic bags into fabrics of the future?
adoption as a wearable textile. Now, MIT engineers have spun polyethylene into fibers and yarns designed to ... more quickly than common textiles such as cotton, nylon, and polyester. MIT-PE-Fabrics-1024.jpg MIT ... a research scientist in MIT’s Department of Mechanical Engineering. Boriskina and her colleagues have ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/could-we-recycle-plastic-bags-fabrics-futureSynthetic gelatin-like material mimics lobster underbelly’s stretch and strength
surprisingly tough. This marine under-armor, as MIT engineers reported in 2019, is made from the toughest known ... forth to swim. Now a separate MIT team has fabricated a hydrogel-based material that mimics the ... “fatigue-resistant,” able to withstand repeated stretches and strains without tearing. MIT ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/synthetic-gelatin-material-mimics-lobster-underbelly%E2%80%99s-stretch-and-strengthStudy finds cells take out the trash before they divide
MIT researchers have discovered that before cells start to divide, they do a little cleanup, ... functional contents,” says Teemu Miettinen, an MIT research scientist and the lead author of the new study. ... senior author of the paper, which appears today in eLife. MIT biological engineering undergraduates Kevin ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/study-finds-cells-take-out-trash-they-divideMaking 3-D printing as simple as printing on paper
handles all prints, which can be expensive. Now MIT spinout New Valence Robotics (NVBOTS) has brought to ... part. MIT-NVBot-1-1024.jpg MIT spinout New Valence Robotics (NVBOTS) has brought to market the only ... years ago in a MIT fraternity house’s basement and commercially launched last April, the printer is now ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/making-3-d-printing-simple-printing-paperStudy provides suggestions for keeping classroom air fresh
according to a new study from researchers at MIT. MIT-Covid-Classroom-01-1024.jpg Regular ventilation may ... not be enough to prevent the spread of Covid-19; MIT team looks at classroom configurations and ... suggests modifications to enhance safety. Photo Courtesy of MIT News. The study shows how specific ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/study-provides-suggestions-keeping-classroom-air-freshSolving Mysteries of Conductivity in Polymers
MIT-Polymer-1.jpg A scanning transmission electron micrograph (STEM) of the polymer material shows its division into ... Photo by: Asli Ugur Now researchers at MIT and Brookhaven National Laboratory have explained how ... the difficulty in explaining how they work, says Asli Ugur, an MIT postdoc and lead author of the ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/solving-mysteries-conductivity-polymersTunneling Across a Tiny Gap
gaps. Now researchers at MIT, the University of Oklahoma, and Rutgers University have developed a model ... MIT-Heat-Transfer 1024.jpg This illustration depicts phonons "tunneling" from one lattice of sodium ... “tunneling” from one material to another to enhance heat transport. Illustration: Jose-Luis Olivares/MIT ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/tunneling-across-tiny-gapBig Range of Behaviors for Tiny Graphene Pores
keep cells healthy and stable. Now researchers at MIT have created tiny pores in single sheets of ... cells. MIT-Graphene-Pores 1024.jpg Illustration by Jose-Luis Olivares/MIT Each graphene pore is less than ... says Rohit Karnik, an associate professor of mechanical engineering at MIT. Karnik says graphene ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/big-range-behaviors-tiny-graphene-poresScientists Tune Polymer Material’s Transparency
through. Now MIT scientists have come up with a theory to predict exactly how much light is transmitted ... inflated like a balloon. MIT-Color-Composites-1024.jpg Three colors of PDMS — a widely used rubbery, ... shows the PDMS material before being inflated. The bottom row shows the PDMS inflated, revealing the MIT ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/scientists-tune-polymer-material%E2%80%99s-transparencyFor Stronger, Lighter, Cheaper Materials, Scroll Up
severely limit graphene’s practical uses. Seeking an alternative, a team from MIT and Harvard University is ... a fraction of the cost, the researchers say. MIT-Nanoscrolls-1024.jpg An electron microscopy image shows many ... practical to use graphene,” says Itai Stein, a graduate student in MIT’s Department of Mechanical ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/stronger-lighter-cheaper-materials-scrollFast, noninvasive technique for probing cells may reveal disease
rather stiff. MIT-Cell-Moves 1024.jpg MIT engineers have devised a way to assess a cell’s mechanical ... constant, jiggling motions of a cell’s particles. Image: Jose-Luis Olivares/MIT Determining the mechanical ... microscopes and optical tweezers, which make direct, invasive contact with the cells. Now MIT engineers have ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/fast-noninvasive-technique-probing-cells-may-reveal-diseaseIngestible capsule can be controlled wirelessly
Researchers at MIT, Draper, and Brigham and Women’s Hospital have designed an ingestible capsule ... transmitting information and responding to instructions from a user’s smartphone. MIT-Wireless-Pill 1024.jpg ... MIT researchers have designed an ingestible sensor that can lodge in the stomach for a few weeks and ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/ingestible-capsule-can-be-controlled-wirelesslyTechnique could boost resolution of tissue imaging as much as tenfold
scattering, but it also reduces imaging resolution. MIT-Subcutaneous-Superresolution-1024.jpg MIT researchers ... researchers at MIT have developed a technique to use the effect to their advantage. The new technique, which ... a graduate student in mechanical engineering at MIT and first author of the paper. In 2007, researchers first ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/technique-could-boost-resolution-tissue-imaging-much-tenfold“Nanofiber yarn” makes for stretchy, protective artificial tissue
heal. Now MIT engineers have come up with a tissue engineering design that may enable flexible range of ... motion in injured tendons and muscles during healing. MIT-Nano-Yarn-1024.jpg MIT engineers have designed ... assistant professor of mechanical engineering at MIT. “With this nanofiber yarn, the hope is, you won’t have ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/%E2%80%9Cnanofiber-yarn%E2%80%9D-makes-stretchy-protective-artificial-tissueHow to speed up the discovery of new solar cell materials
painstaking. MIT-AI-Solar-PRESS 1024.jpg Diagram depicts the sequence of steps used in the new streamlined ... Now, a team of researchers at MIT and several other institutions has accelerated the process of ... Joule, in a paper by MIT research scientist Shijing Sun, professor of mechanical engineering Tonio ...
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