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Solving Mysteries of Conductivity in Polymers
Photo by: Asli Ugur Now researchers at MIT and Brookhaven National Laboratory have explained how ... electrical charge carriers move in these compounds, potentially opening up further research on such ... thermoelectrics, and thermal and electrical cloaking. The researchers analyzed a conjugated polymer known as PEDOT, ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/solving-mysteries-conductivity-polymersUntangling the Mechanics of Knots
intuition and tradition. MIT-Untangling-Knot1024.jpg Now researchers at MIT and Pierre et Marie Curie ... that describes how a knot’s topology determines its mechanical forces. The researchers carried out ... the researchers write in a paper appearing in the journal Physical Review Letters. Pedro Reis, the ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/untangling-mechanics-knotsBubble, Bubble, at the Flick of a Switch
Researchers find a way to control the bubbles of boiling water using a small electric charge. ... first time, researchers at MIT have found a way to control this process, literally with the flick of an ... being hydrophilic and hydrophobic, Wang explains. MIT-Switchable-Boiling.jpg Researchers found that ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/bubble-bubble-flick-switchA Nanophotonic Comeback for Incandescent Bulbs?
Researchers combine the warm look of traditional light bulbs with 21st-century energy efficiency. ... country has banned or is phasing out the inefficient technology. Now, researchers at MIT and Purdue ... Engineering — as well as MIT principal research scientist Ivan Celanovic, postdoc Ognjen Ilic, and Purdue ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/nanophotonic-comeback-incandescent-bulbsTwo MIT Faculty Win 2016 NSF CAREER Awards
program provides promising junior faculty the opportunity to pursue outstanding research, excellence in ... teaching, and the integration of education and research. Each CAREER Award from the NSF Directorate for ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/two-mit-faculty-win-2016-nsf-career-awardsStudy: Some catalysts contribute their own oxygen for reactions
others. MIT-Catalyzing-Oxygen-1.jpg New research shows that when metal oxide (flat array of atoms at ... metal oxide itself, not just from the surrounding water. Photo courtesy of the researchers. The research ... debated before, but previous work had never been able to resolve the issue. Most researchers had assumed ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/study-some-catalysts-contribute-their-own-oxygen-reactionsTransparent, gel-based robots can catch and release live fish
hollow, precisely designed hydrogel structures, connected to rubbery tubes. When the researchers pump ... they have similar visual and acoustic properties to water. The researchers propose that these robots, ... to soft robotics, the researchers first looked to the animal world. They concentrated in particular ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/transparent-gel-based-robots-can-catch-and-release-live-fishGraphene holds up under high pressure
by a typical kitchen faucet. The key to withstanding such high pressures, the researchers found, is ... However, no direct experimental evidence has supported these predictions until now. The researchers grew ... ranging from 30 nanometers to 3 microns in diameter. To gauge graphene’s sturdiness, the researchers ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/graphene-holds-under-high-pressureNew gel coatings may lead to better catheters and condoms
embedded with drugs to counter a latex allergy, the researchers say. “We’ve demonstrated hydrogel really ... ultraviolet light, creates strong chemical bonds between the elastomer and the hydrogel. The researchers ... As the researchers changed the acidity of the tank’s water, they observed that the parts of the ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/new-gel-coatings-may-lead-better-catheters-and-condomsOn a mission to measure
to see a research project through from inception to conclusion. “The goal of 2.671 is to empower ... academic opportunity to conduct a research study from start to finish. As with all research, the projects ... must originate from a question. “Formulating a research question is the tricky part,” says Barbara ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/mission-measureMIT rates No. 1 in 12 subjects in 2018 QS World University Rankings
Materials Science; Mathematics; Physics and Astronomy; and Statistics and Operational Research. ... field of interest. Rankings cover 48 disciplines and are based on an institute’s research quality and ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/mit-rates-no-1-12-subjects-2018-qs-world-university-rankingsOn a mission to build the uncrashable car
Eustice 1024.jpg MechE Alumni Ryan Eustice and his team t Toyota Research Institute are developing an ... ‘Guardian Mode.’ Image: Toyota Research Institute. “That’s how I got into this line of work originally,” ... explains Eustice, who is currently senior vice president of automated driving at Toyota Research Institute ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/mission-build-uncrashable-carTesting new drugs with “ALS-on-a-chip”
neurons and muscle fibers. The researchers used cells from either healthy subjects or ALS patients to ... neurons are engineered so that the researchers can control their activity with light, using a technique ... activated by light, the researchers can measure how much the muscle fibers contract by measuring the ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/testing-new-drugs-%E2%80%9Cals-chip%E2%80%9DQS World University Rankings rates MIT No. 1 in 11 subjects for 2019
Science; Mathematics; Physics and Astronomy; and Statistics and Operational Research. MIT also placed ... schools in their field of interest. Rankings are based on research quality and accomplishments, academic ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/qs-world-university-rankings-rates-mit-no-1-11-subjects-2019Tissue model reveals role of blood-brain barrier in Alzheimer’s
MIT. The researchers also used the tissue model to show that a drug that restores the blood-brain ... project several years ago, along with researchers at MGH who had engineered neurons to produce large ... researchers devised a way to grow these cells in a microfluidic channel, where they produce and secrete ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/tissue-model-reveals-role-blood-brain-barrier-alzheimer%E2%80%99sMIT.nano awards inaugural NCSOFT seed grants for gaming technologies
new paradigms of gaming will change the way researchers conduct their work by enabling immersive ... augmented and virtual reality.” In addition to the sponsored research funds, each awardee will be given ... by researchers and educators interested in using and creating new experiences, including the seed ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/mitnano-awards-inaugural-ncsoft-seed-grants-gaming-technologiesSuper-strong surgical tape detaches on demand
considering designs for their original adhesive, the researchers quickly realized that it is extremely ... the tissue’s surface. To reinforce these bonds, the researchers embedded the material with NHS esters, ... The researchers then looked through the literature to identify a suitable reducing agent that was both ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/super-strong-surgical-tape-detaches-demandTo make mini-organs grow faster, give them a squeeze
like ideas, information, and even infection. Now researchers at MIT and Boston Children’s Hospital have ... a paper published today in the journal Cell Stem Cell, the researchers have shown that physically ... squeezing’s effect on cells, the researchers mixed various cell types in solutions that solidified as rubbery ...
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