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Stamp-sized graphene sheets riddled with holes could be boon for molecular separation
molecules out of solutions vastly more efficient. MIT-Big-Graphene-1024.jpg MIT researchers have developed ... membranes. The researchers also found that simply turning down the temperature during the normal process of ... professor of electrical engineering and computer science, along with researchers from Oxford University, the ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/stamp-sized-graphene-sheets-riddled-holes-could-be-boon-molecular-separationEngineers make clear droplets produce iridescent colors
researchers In a paper published today in Nature, the team reports that a surface covered in a fine mist of ... researchers have developed a model that predicts the color a droplet will produce, given specific structural ... the researchers 3-D-printed tiny, solid caps and domes from various transparent, polymer-based ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/engineers-make-clear-droplets-produce-iridescent-colorsA droplet walks into an electric field …
image of one particular distorted droplet for comparison. Courtesy of the researchers Scientists began ... droplet has always been an involved mathematical task. Now, MIT researchers have found that the conditions ... has derived for the first time. With this simple new equation, the researchers can predict the exact ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/droplet-walks-electric-field-%E2%80%A6Robotic thread is designed to slip through the brain’s blood vessels
paper, the researchers combined their work in hydrogels and in magnetic actuation, to produce ... way through the eye of a needle. The researchers also tested the thread in a life-size silicone ... the researchers ran comparisons between the robotic thread coated versus uncoated with hydrogel, they ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/robotic-thread-designed-slip-through-brain%E2%80%99s-blood-vesselsDeploying non-contact vitals sensing kiosks across campus
When MIT announced plans to welcome back some undergraduates, ramp-up research operations, and ... of engineers and researchers started designing and building solutions to protect the campus ... community. Over the summer, a cross-departmental team of researchers worked together to launch a Covid-19 ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/deploying-non-contact-vitals-sensing-kiosks-across-campusInflatable robotic hand gives amputees real-time tactile control
researchers found the prosthetic, designed with a system for tactile feedback, restored some primitive ... the researchers used a simple pneumatic system to precisely inflate fingers and bend them in specific ... researchers The pneumatic system receives signals from EMG sensors — electromyography sensors that measure ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/inflatable-robotic-hand-gives-amputees-real-time-tactile-controlOne giant leap for the mini cheetah
its body. The researchers tested their system on the MIT mini cheetah, a powerful, agile robot built ... typically slow and prone to failure if the heightmap is incorrect. To develop their system, the researchers ... researchers used the trial-and-error method known as reinforcement learning to train the high-level ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/one-giant-leap-mini-cheetahSolid, liquid, or gas? Technique quickly identifies physical state of tissues and tumors
MIT_Cell-Fingerprints-01-PRESS_0.jpeg MIT researchers have developed a way to decode images of cells to determine whether a tissue is ... researchers at MIT have found that the way in which a tissue’s cells are arranged can serve as a fingerprint ... researchers are analyzing images of tumors, both grown in the lab and biopsied from patients, to identify ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/solid-liquid-or-gas-technique-quickly-identifies-physical-state-tissues-and-tumorsPeeking into a chrysalis, videos reveal growth of butterfly wing scales
transforms inside its chrysalis. With some minor surgery and a clever imaging approach, the researchers were ... 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-scalesSolar-powered system offers a route to inexpensive desalination
developing world also face a lack of dependable electricity. Widespread research efforts have thus focused on ... expense. Now, a team of researchers at MIT and in China has come up with a solution to the problem of salt ... salty water such as a tank or a pond. After careful calculations and experiments, the researchers ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/solar-powered-system-offers-route-inexpensive-desalinationHow 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 ... side of the panel. The research is described today in the journal Science Advances, in a paper by MIT ... result in a $200,000 loss in annual revenue. The researchers say that globally, a 3 to 4 percent ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/how-clean-solar-panels-without-waterPassive cooling system could benefit off-grid locations
Grossman and Evelyn Wang, and two others. While more research is needed in order to bring down the cost of ... one key component of the system, the researchers say that eventually such a system could play ... from limited food supplies. In recognition of that potential, the research team has been partly ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/passive-cooling-system-could-benefit-grid-locationsSpeedy robo-gripper reflexively organizes cluttered spaces
scratch for another chance at a prize. MIT_Reflex-Grip-02-PRESS.jpg The research team, from left to right: ... embedding reflexes into a robotic system. Going forward, the researchers plan to program more complex ... the proximity of the finger to surrounding objects more than 200 times per second. The researchers ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/speedy-robo-gripper-reflexively-organizes-cluttered-spacesTurning a circle into a square is possible with this kirigami-inspired formula
pushed back together, like an intricate, expandable lattice. With their new method, researchers designed ... and Choi are co-authors of the new study, along with Levi Dudte, a quantitative researcher at Optiver, ... 2021, the researchers took on a similar problem in origami and found that through a slightly different ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/turning-circle-square-possible-kirigami-inspired-formulaTiny magnetic beads produce an optical signal that could be used to quickly detect pathogens
based on their “Raman signature,” or the unique way in which a molecule scatters light. The researchers ... MIT include Postdoctoral Associate Jongwan Lee; Visiting Scholar Nikiwe Mhlanga; Research Scientist ... have that bacteria or not.” Testing beacon As a practical demonstration, the researchers mixed ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/tiny-magnetic-beads-produce-optical-signal-could-be-used-quickly-detect-pathogensA pose-mapping technique could remotely evaluate patients with cerebral palsy
motor function based on certain patterns of poses that it detects in video frames. The researchers ... every evaluation,” says Hermano Krebs, principal research scientist at MIT’s Department of Mechanical ... Children’s Specialty Healthcare The researchers looked first to computer vision and algorithms that estimate ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/pose-mapping-technique-could-remotely-evaluate-patients-cerebral-palsyNew model predicts how shoe properties affect a runner’s performance
is a researcher holding a 3-D-printed midsole, designed based on the model’s predictions. Credit: ... model, the researchers can simulate how a runner’s gait changes with different shoe types. They can then ... designs, including most commercially available running shoes. For this reason, the researchers envision the ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/new-model-predicts-how-shoe-properties-affect-runner%E2%80%99s-performanceWhat happens during the first moments of butterfly scale formation
signature shimmer. MIT researchers have now captured the initial moments during a butterfly’s metamorphosis, ... as an individual scale begins to develop this ridged pattern. The researchers used advanced imaging ... adult Painted Lady butterfly. Scalebar 1mm. Image: Courtesy of the researchers The team continuously ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/what-happens-during-first-moments-butterfly-scale-formationInteractive mouthpiece opens new opportunities for health data, assistive technology, and hands-free interactions
researchers have now engineered “MouthIO,” a dental brace that can be fabricated with sensors and feedback ... researchers created a plugin for the modeling software Blender to help users tailor the device to fit a dental ... Polycam and upload that to Blender. Using the researchers’ plugin within this program, you can clean up ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/interactive-mouthpiece-opens-new-opportunities-health-data-assistive-technology-and-handsTo design better water filters, MIT engineers look to manta rays
researchers were designing face masks to filter out the virus. Since then, Mao has shifted focus to study ... letting the particles stream out through the gills. The researchers realized that the ray’s filtering ... the researchers inserted 3D-printed structures resembling the grooved plates that run along the floor ...
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