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A new, inexpensive catalyst speeds the production of oxygen from water
Courtesy of the researchers Now, researchers at MIT and elsewhere have developed an entirely new type of ... metal hydroxides in a unique way.” The team borrowed from research that has been done on a related class ... In testing such materials, the researchers found the catalysts’ performance to be “surprising,” ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/new-inexpensive-catalyst-speeds-production-oxygen-waterToward more flexible and rapid prototyping of electronic devices
mind, MIT researchers developed “ FlexBoard,” a flexible breadboard that enables rapid prototyping of ... a ball or clothes. To illustrate the platform’s versatility on different items, researchers tested it ... content everywhere and anytime, which is enabled through ubiquitous interactive devices,” says research ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/toward-more-flexible-and-rapid-prototyping-electronic-devicesNew model identifies drugs that shouldn’t be taken together
they can interfere with each other and should not be prescribed together. Researchers at MIT, Brigham ... transporters within the tissue, the researchers used short strands of RNA called siRNA to knock down the ... yes, then it’s not using that road,” Traverso says. The researchers tested 23 commonly used drugs using ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/new-model-identifies-drugs-shouldn%E2%80%99t-be-taken-togetherIra Dyer, professor emeritus of ocean engineering, dies at 91
six decades. His seminal research had profound impacts in the fields of aeroacoustics, structural ... government agencies and research companies. Born in Brooklyn, New York, in 1925, Dyer was the son of Frieda ... applied research division that investigated all aspects of sound and vibration in complex structures such ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/ira-dyer-professor-emeritus-ocean-engineering-dies-91Spray tuning
Knowing how big or small a liquid spray’s droplets may be can help researchers identify optimal fluids for ... fields via aerial spraying. The researchers’ results were published in October in the journal Physical ... weights. They also experimented with several industrial paints and resins. The researchers subjected each ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/spray-tuningOur hairy insides
flow. Photo courtesy of the researchers Now engineers at MIT have found a way to predict how such tiny, ... through them. The researchers found that such angled hairs straighten when fluid is flowing against them. ... in the body. For instance, the researchers posit that angled hairs in blood vessels and the ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/our-hairy-insidesProjects make inroads on global food and water challenges
production, and preventing food contamination, nearly two dozen research teams presented updates on their work ... the current services do not reach small farmers. This research will probe to what extent private firms ... with knowledge of irrigation technology can supplement public efforts. In particular, the research ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/projects-make-inroads-global-food-and-water-challengesMicrofluidics from LEGO bricks
this high degree of precision and consistency, the MIT researchers chose LEGO bricks as the basis for ... with the inlet of another brick. The researchers then sealed the walls of each modified brick with an ... a particular pattern of channels to perform a specific task. The researchers have so far engineered bricks as ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/microfluidics-lego-bricksHairy tongues help bats drink up
other hairy-tongued nectar feeders, such as honeybees and honey possums, which the researchers found ... Hosoi, professor of mechanical engineering and associate dean of engineering at MIT. The researchers have ... a hairy surface has been a continuing research focus in Hosoi’s lab. In 2016, the team fabricated polymer ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/hairy-tongues-help-bats-drinkPaper-folding art inspires better bandages
the researchers have cut into the film, similar to the cuts made in a paper-folding art form known as ... to wearable and soft electronics. Image courtesy of researchers The researchers attached the ... improve a material’s adhesion.” The researchers fabricated thin kirigami films by pouring a liquid ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/paper-folding-art-inspires-better-bandagesNew battery gobbles up carbon dioxide
A new type of battery developed by researchers at MIT could be made partly from carbon dioxide ... dioxide into a solid mineral carbonate as it discharges. While still based on early-stage research and far ... researchers designed. The findings are described today in the journal Joule, in a paper by assistant professor ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/new-battery-gobbles-carbon-dioxideSun-soaking device turns water into superheated steam
condensed to produce desalinated, distilled drinking water. The researchers previously developed ... are detailed in a paper published today in Nature Communications. The study includes researchers from ... water below. Interestingly, the researchers note that infrared wavelengths are more readily absorbed by ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/sun-soaking-device-turns-water-superheated-steamFor cheaper solar cells, thinner really is better
researchers at MIT and at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) have outlined a pathway to slashing ... efficiency. The researchers say there are now ways to begin addressing these challenges through the use of ... 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-betterLow-cost “smart” diaper can notify caregiver when it’s wet
Now MIT researchers have developed a “smart” diaper embedded with a moisture sensor that can alert ... researchers to sense and communicate wetness to a nearby RFID reader, which in turn can wirelessly send ... reader up to 1 meter away. The researchers say the design is the first demonstration of hydrogel as ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/low-cost-%E2%80%9Csmart%E2%80%9D-diaper-can-notify-caregiver-when-it%E2%80%99s-wetUsing “organs-on-a-chip” to model complicated diseases
research team was able to explore the role of circulating immune cells in ulcerative colitis and other ... Cell Systems, could also lend itself to studying many other complex diseases, the researchers say. “Now ... from patients with ulcerative colitis, along with healthy liver cells. The researchers found that when ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/using-%E2%80%9Corgans-chip%E2%80%9D-model-complicated-diseasesSearch-and-rescue algorithm identifies hidden “traps” in ocean waters
can confound and delay critical search-and-rescue operations. Now researchers at MIT, the Swiss ... researchers The technique is a new algorithm that analyzes ocean conditions such as the strength and direction ... They’re not immediately visible.” Out at sea Led by WHOI sea-going experts, the researchers tested the ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/search-and-rescue-algorithm-identifies-hidden-%E2%80%9Ctraps%E2%80%9D-ocean-waters-0Covid-19 shutdown led to increased solar power output
of air pollution. Now, researchers have been able to demonstrate that those clearer skies had ... researchers say this is the first study to demonstrate and quantify the impact of the reduced air pollution on ... mechanical engineering Tonio Buonassisi, research scientist Ian Marius Peters, and three others in Singapore ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/covid-19-shutdown-led-increased-solar-power-outputUltrasound has potential to damage coronaviruses, study finds
iStockphoto A new study by researchers in MIT’s Department of Mechanical Engineering suggests that ... Spikes were removed from the color-coded plot, on left, for clarity. Photo: Courtesy of the researchers ... Nevertheless, the researchers say their findings are a first hint at a possible ultrasound-based treatment for ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/ultrasound-has-potential-damage-coronaviruses-study-findsBig data dreams for tiny technologies
small-molecule partners will form nanoparticles among the millions of possible pairings. MIT researchers have ... identify self-assembling nanoparticles quickly. In a study published in Nature Nanotechnology, researchers ... Professor at MIT and a member of the Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research, is also a senior author ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/big-data-dreams-tiny-technologiesThe environmental toll of disposable masks
especially if the filters were also reusable. The researchers estimated that over six months, this type of ... waste,” Chu says. Environmental burden The data the researchers used for this study were gathered during ... to protect you and others.” The research was funded by the MIT Undergraduate Research Opportunities ...
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