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Moving water and earth
too unwieldy: How do you quantify a pebble’s contours? The MIT researchers found that instead of ... researchers. Bed load transport is the process by which a fluid such as air or water drags grains across ... Courtesy of the researchers. “People may have backed away from accounting for shape because it’s one of ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/moving-water-and-earthEven as temperatures rise, this hydrogel material keeps absorbing moisture
thermal regulation,” says Lenan Zhang, a research scientist in MIT’s Department of Mechanical Engineering. ... Michigan State University. Against intuition Evelyn Wang’s group in MIT’s Device Research Lab aims to ... the researchers could track its ability to absorb moisture as they tuned the chamber’s temperature and ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/even-temperatures-rise-hydrogel-material-keeps-absorbing-moistureNew 3D printing method enables complex designs and creates less waste
solvents. MIT-Dissolvable-Supports-01-press_1024x768.jpg Researchers have developed a resin that turns into ... that is easily dissolvable in certain solvents. Image: Courtesy of the researchers; MIT News The team ... dissolvable supports. The researchers applied the new method to print complex structures, including functional ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/new-3d-printing-method-enables-complex-designs-and-creates-less-wasteTonio Buonassisi Seeks to Make Solar Cells Competitive
industry, taking a research position at Evergreen Solar, a solar-cell company spun out of MIT. But ... ultimately, deciding that an academic career that combined research and teaching offered him “the best ... Mechanical Engineering in 2007, where he established the Photovoltaics Research Laboratory. “It’s ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/tonio-buonassisi-seeks-make-solar-cells-competitiveMotion-Induced Quicksand
Researchers have observed this effect in a number of configurations in the lab, including in what’s called an ... base. In experiments, researchers have filled a Couette cell with sand, and attempted to push a rod ... flow field for sand flowing through a chute, or a circular trough. The researchers weren’t sure if the ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/motion-induced-quicksandGetting the Salt Out
the surface. Now researchers at MIT and in Saudi Arabia say they have found an economical solution for ... University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM). The research team also included graduate student Adam Weiner, ... have salinity three to six times greater than that of seawater; the new research indicates that this ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/getting-salt-out“Active” Surfaces Control What’s on Them
Researchers develop treated surfaces that can actively control how fluids or particles move. ... Researchers at MIT and in Saudi Arabia have developed a new way of making surfaces that can actively control ... a ferrofluid-impregnated surface, which has cloaked the droplet with a very thin layer. Image courtesy of the researchers ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/%E2%80%9Cactive%E2%80%9D-surfaces-control-what%E2%80%99s-themDana Yoerger
Yoerger studied under Professor Tom Sheridan, who was researching human-machine interactions. “One of ... spill characteristics and tendencies, has also been a key contributor to major AUV research throughout ... the past few decades. He was part of the research team for the remotely operated vehicle JASON; the ...
https://meche.mit.edu/people/dana-yoergerNew Kind of “Tandem” Solar Cell Developed
Researchers combine two types of photovoltaic material to make a cell that harnesses more ... sunlight. Researchers at MIT and Stanford University have developed a new kind of solar cell that combines ... in solar-power installations, the researchers say. MIT-Tandem-Solar 1024-.jpg Photo by Felice Frankel ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/new-kind-%E2%80%9Ctandem%E2%80%9D-solar-cell-developedA Low-Cost, High-Performance Prosthetic Knee
Researchers design inexpensive prosthetic knee that mimics normal walking motion. In the last two ... mechanism was tested at a Jaipur Foot organization in India. Photo courtesy of the researchers. “We’re ... the ground and the foot — during a single step, or gait cycle. The researchers used the measurements ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/low-cost-high-performance-prosthetic-kneeBubble, bubble…Boiling On the Double
equipment and disable plants. Now researchers at MIT have developed an understanding of what causes this ... would provide,” Buongiorno says. The new research points to the importance of a balance between ... overheating, and catastrophic boiler failures. “This research uses a unique combination of precision micro- ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/bubble-bubble%E2%80%A6boiling-doubleBig Range of Behaviors for Tiny Graphene Pores
keep cells healthy and stable. Now researchers at MIT have created tiny pores in single sheets of ... produce thin films. In graphene, the process naturally creates tiny defects. The researchers used the ... ultrathin Swiss cheese. The researchers then isolated individual pores by placing each graphene sheet over ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/big-range-behaviors-tiny-graphene-poresIn the World: Remote Mexican Village Uses Solar Power to Purify Water
researchers at MIT. The system consists of two solar panels that convert sunlight into electricity; these, in ... trained by MIT researchers to operate and maintain the system. The villagers are paying the community ... providing clean water for people in need.” In so many words In 2012, Dubowsky and MIT students and research ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/world-remote-mexican-village-uses-solar-power-purify-waterStretchable Hydrogel Electronics
the range of human soft tissues. The researchers also devised a method to strongly bond the hydrogel ... to various nonporous surfaces. In the new study, the researchers applied their techniques to ... regularly spaced temperature sensors and tiny drug reservoirs. The researchers also created pathways for ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/stretchable-hydrogel-electronicsHow Crispy is Your Bonbon?
research should also have uses far beyond the chocolate shop: By knowing just a few key variables, ... Communications. The researchers developed a fabrication technique to quickly create thin, rubbery shells, which ... the polymer to cure. Based on their data, the researchers developed a simple formula to estimate the ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/how-crispy-your-bonbonReducing runoff pollution by making spray droplets less bouncy
But a team of MIT researchers aims to fix that. By using a clever combination of two inexpensive ... additives to the spray, the researchers found they can drastically cut down on the amount of liquid that ... of mechanical engineering Kripa Varanasi, graduate student Maher Damak, research scientist Seyed Reza ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/reducing-runoff-pollution-making-spray-droplets-less-bouncyUsing light to propel water
separate water from oil at a drilling rig, the researchers say. MIT-pushingwater-1-1024.jpg A new system ... Divya Panchanathan, former research scientist Seyed Mahmoudi, and Mohammed Gondal at the King Fahd ... activated by light, the researchers found they could directly separate the oil from the water by causing ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/using-light-propel-waterFast, noninvasive technique for probing cells may reveal disease
properties simply by observation. The researchers use standard confocal microscopy to zero in on the ... devised a way to assess a cell’s mechanical properties simply by observation. The researchers use standard ... To test their hypothesis, the researchers carried out experiments on human melanoma cells, a line of ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/fast-noninvasive-technique-probing-cells-may-reveal-diseaseTechnique spots warning signs of extreme events
formulas that, once solved, can predict the state of a complex system over time. Researchers can plug into ... of time, to be able to identify precursors with any certainty. Searching for hotspots The researchers ... things occur, maybe you can develop some control techniques to suppress them.” This research was ...
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