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For cheaper solar cells, thinner really is better
professor of mechanical engineering Tonio Buonassisi, and five others at MIT and NREL. The researchers ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/cheaper-solar-cells-thinner-really-betterEngineers mix and match materials to make new stretchy electronics
functionality, in one flexible chip,” says Jeehwan Kim, an associate professor of mechanical engineering at MIT. ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/engineers-mix-and-match-materials-make-new-stretchy-electronicsProbing microscopic wiggles in squishy materials
professor of mechanical engineering at MIT. “Knowing all this information of how the material behaves across ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/probing-microscopic-wiggles-squishy-materialsVelcro-like food sensor detects spoilage and contamination
completely edible, nontoxic, and can be used as a food ingredient, and it’s mechanically robust enough to ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/velcro-food-sensor-detects-spoilage-and-contaminationA streamlined approach to determining thermal properties of crystalline solids and alloys
Chen, a mechanical engineering PhD student. “But those calculations scale with the fourth order of the ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/streamlined-approach-determining-thermal-properties-crystalline-solids-and-alloysWhat will happen to sediment plumes associated with deep-sea mining?
speculation about [deep-sea-mining’s] environmental impact,” says Thomas Peacock, professor of mechanical ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/what-will-happen-sediment-plumes-associated-deep-sea-miningBio-inspired, blood-repelling tissue glue could seal wounds quickly
of mechanical engineering and civil and environmental engineering at MIT and one of the senior ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/bio-inspired-blood-repelling-tissue-glue-could-seal-wounds-quicklyInflatable robotic hand gives amputees real-time tactile control
mechanical engineering and of civil and environmental engineering at MIT. “There’s huge potential to make ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/inflatable-robotic-hand-gives-amputees-real-time-tactile-controlAncient African smelting technique sparks anew at MIT
engineering and mechanical engineering major who graduated in May. She spoke above the “thwump, thwump” sound ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/ancient-african-smelting-technique-sparks-anew-mitWiggling toward bio-inspired machine intelligence
Hosoi, who is the Neil and Jane Pappalardo Professor of Mechanical Engineering as well as an applied math ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/wiggling-toward-bio-inspired-machine-intelligenceHow to push, wiggle, or drill an object through sand
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-sandEven as temperatures rise, this hydrogel material keeps absorbing moisture
thermal regulation,” says Lenan Zhang, a research scientist in MIT’s Department of Mechanical Engineering. ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/even-temperatures-rise-hydrogel-material-keeps-absorbing-moistureHow to prevent biofilms in space
Varanasi, a professor of mechanical engineering and founder of a company called LiquiGlide, which makes ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/how-prevent-biofilms-spaceNew laser setup probes metamaterial structures with ultrafast pulses
materials,” says Carlos Portela, the Brit and Alex d’Arbeloff Career Development Professor in Mechanical ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/new-laser-setup-probes-metamaterial-structures-ultrafast-pulsesMIT engineers grow “high-rise” 3D chips
stacked without traditional limitations,” says study author Jeehwan Kim, associate professor of mechanical ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/mit-engineers-grow-%E2%80%9Chigh-rise%E2%80%9D-3d-chipsBefore the wreckage comes ashore
change over time. Oceanographers around the world, with MIT mechanical engineering associate professor ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/wreckage-comes-ashoreGlassy carbon, now with less heat
test the limits.” Crystallite size is strongly tied to hardness, which is a measure of mechanical ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/glassy-carbon-now-less-heat“Sun in a box” would store renewable energy for the grid
Robert N. Noyce Career Development Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering. ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/%E2%80%9Csun-box%E2%80%9D-would-store-renewable-energy-gridMIT Hyperloop Team Unveils its Pod
The MIT Hyperloop team unveiled its pod on Friday, May 13, to a large crowd at the MIT Museum in Cambridge. Hyperloop_Unveil_1024.jpg Photo by Tony Pulsone After winning the first round of Elon Musk’s Hyperloop design competition in March of this year, th ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/mit-hyperloop-team-unveils-its-podNew kind of supercapacitor made without carbon
Energy storage devices called supercapacitors have become a hot area of research, in part because they can be charged rapidly and deliver intense bursts of power. However, all supercapacitors currently use components made of carbon, which require high tem ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/new-kind-supercapacitor-made-without-carbon