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Giving robots a faster grasp
combinations of these properties interact mechanically, based on fundamental laws of physics. Now MIT engineers ... this preplanning process down to less than a second. MIT-Robot-Gripper_1024.jpg A new algorithm speeds ... MIT, says the speedier planning process will enable robots, particularly in industrial settings, to ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/giving-robots-faster-graspEngineers grow pancreatic “organoids” that mimic the real thing
MIT engineers, in collaboration with scientists at Cancer Research UK Manchester Institute, have ... environment. Unlike some of the gels now used to grow tissue, the new MIT gel is completely synthetic, easy to ... assemble and can be produced with a consistent composition every time. MIT-Pancreatic-Tumor-1024.jpg MIT ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/engineers-grow-pancreatic-%E2%80%9Corganoids%E2%80%9D-mimic-real-thingTaking on the stormy seas
often surprisingly unpredictable.” MIT-Sapsis-Themistoklis-1024.jpg Themistoklis Sapsis, an associate ... professor of mechanical engineering at MIT, uses analytical and computational methods to try to predict ... the other. Today, Sapsis, an associate professor of mechanical engineering at MIT, uses analytical and ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/taking-stormy-seasPeeking into a chrysalis, videos reveal growth of butterfly wing scales
a butterfly its color and shimmer, and help shield the insect from the elements. Now, MIT engineers have ... scales,” says lead author Anthony McDougal, a research assistant in MIT’s Department of Mechanical ... micro-nanostructured materials.” McDougal’s co-authors at MIT include postdoc Sungsam Kang, research scientist Zahid ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/peeking-chrysalis-videos-reveal-growth-butterfly-wing-scalesHow to clean solar panels without water
a team of researchers at MIT has devised a way of automatically cleaning solar panels, or the mirrors of ... problem, they say. MIT-Cleaning-Solar-03-press.jpeg The new system uses electrostatic repulsion to cause ... side of the panel. The research is described today in the journal Science Advances, in a paper by MIT ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/how-clean-solar-panels-without-waterA new heat engine with no moving parts is as efficient as a steam turbine
Engineers at MIT and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) have designed a heat engine ... Fahrenheit. MIT-Thermal-Batteries-1024-press.jpg A thermophotovoltaic (TPV) cell (size 1 cm x 1 cm) mounted on ... N. Noyce Career Development Professor in MIT’s Department of Mechanical Engineering. “This is an ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/new-heat-engine-no-moving-parts-efficient-steam-turbinePhysicists embark on a hunt for a long-sought quantum glow
either enormous accelerations or vast amounts of observation time. But researchers at MIT and the ... study co-author Vivishek Sudhir, assistant professor of mechanical engineering at MIT, who is designing ... MIT-Unruh-Effect-01-press_0.jpeg According to a prediction known as the Unruh effect, Millenium Falcon pilots would more likely see ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/physicists-embark-hunt-long-sought-quantum-glowHow “2D” materials expand
a research scientist. MIT-Thermal-Expansion1024.jpg A green laser shines onto an atomically thin material. By ... MIT Department of Mechanical Engineering, as well as others from the Department of Electrical ... Engineering and Computer Science at MIT and the Department of Mechanical and Energy Engineering at Southern ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/how-%E2%80%9C2d%E2%80%9D-materials-expandHow to push, wiggle, or drill an object through sand
processes is a huge computational challenge that often takes days to weeks to solve. Now, engineers at MIT ... and does not require complex computational tools as other methods do. MIT-SoftPush-01_0.jpg A new MIT ... options as fast as possible,” says Ken Kamrin, professor of mechanical engineering at MIT. “This is ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/how-push-wiggle-or-drill-object-through-sandHow to pull carbon dioxide out of seawater
enter this area. Now, a team of researchers at MIT says they may have found the key to a truly efficient ... Environmental Science, in a paper by MIT professors T. Alan Hatton and Kripa Varanasi, postdoc Seoni Kim, and ... acidification) and the other has been regenerated during alkalization. MIT ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/how-pull-carbon-dioxide-out-seawater-0In a surprising finding, light can make water evaporate without heat
results from various groups that claimed to have exceeded the thermal limit, a team of researchers at MIT ... in a paper in PNAS, by MIT postdoc Yaodong Tu, professor of mechanical engineering Gang Chen, and ... four others. MIT-Evaporating-02-press.jpg The phenomenon might play a role in the formation and ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/surprising-finding-light-can-make-water-evaporate-without-heatA technique for more effective multipurpose robots
a unique task and environment. MIT-Policy-Comp-01-press.jpg Four photos show, on top level, a simulation of ... multipurpose robots, MIT researchers developed a technique to combine multiple sources of data across domains, ... of these data to train a general machine,” Wang says. The MIT researchers developed a technique that ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/technique-more-effective-multipurpose-robotsLow-cost prosthetic foot mimics natural walking
countries. Now MIT engineers have developed a simple, low-cost, passive prosthetic foot that they can tailor ... products. MIT-Prosthetic-Foot-04-1024.jpg The researchers working with collaborators at Jaipur Foot in ... Winter, associate professor of mechanical engineering at MIT. “Now we can do that. And that’s super ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/low-cost-prosthetic-foot-mimics-natural-walkingStudy: There’s real skill in fantasy sports
of your league’s standings at the end of the season, a new MIT study suggests your performance ... fantasy football is inherently a contest that rewards skill. MIT-Fantasy-Sports-1024.jpg By analyzing the ... win/loss records of thousands of fantasy players over multiple seasons, MIT researchers have found that the ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/study-there%E2%80%99s-real-skill-fantasy-sportsTackling air pollution with autonomous drones
entered NEET during their sophomore year at MIT. MIT NEET students.jpg Left to right: Daniel ... autonomous robotics after entering NEET during their sophomore year at MIT. Photo courtesy of Lillie Paquette ... 2017 in an effort to fundamentally reconceptualize the way that engineering is taught at MIT. It ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/tackling-air-pollution-autonomous-dronesImmune action at a distance
MIT-Koch-Institute-Traverso-Tumor-Gel.png Researchers from MIT, Massachusetts General Hospital, and Brigham and Women's Hospital have ... out of the tumor before they have had a chance to take full effect. MIT researchers, together with ... Engineering, and a member of the Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research at MIT. “Now, with ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/immune-action-distanceAdvanced silicon solar cells
today. At the MIT Photovoltaics Research Laboratory (PVLab), teams are working both to define what’s ... morishige-buonassisi-jensen-mit-meche-00_2.jpg Left to right: Ashley Morishige, Tonio Buonassisi, and Mallory Jensen of the MIT Department of ... conversion efficiency front — both at the MIT PVLab and around the world. One especially promising technology ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/advanced-silicon-solar-cellsSchool of Engineering fourth quarter 2022 awards
Members of the MIT engineering faculty receive many awards in recognition of their scholarship, ... centers. mit-killian-autumn_0.jpg Photo: Lillie Paquette Paul Blainey of the Department of Biological ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/school-engineering-fourth-quarter-2022-awardsStudy predicts heart cells’ response to dwindling oxygen
MIT-Cardiac-Muscle-1024.jpg Graduate student Anthony McDougal has developed a model that predicts a single heart cell’s ... student in MIT’s Department of Mechanical Engineering. “The rapid return of oxygen is necessary for the ... supported, in part, by the Singapore-MIT Alliance program in Computational and Systems Biology. Wednesday, ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/study-predicts-heart-cells%E2%80%99-response-dwindling-oxygenBursting bubbles launch bacteria from water to air
ubiquitous, indoors and out. A new MIT study shows how bubbles contaminated with bacteria can act as tiny ... can emit hundreds of droplets. MIT-Bacteria-Bubbles-1024.jpg MIT researchers have found that ... Wednesday, November 14, 2018 Jennifer Chu | MIT News Office Horizontal A new study from Assistant Professor ...
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