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Study: With masking and distancing in place, NFL stadium openings in 2020 had no impact on local Covid-19 infections
compared with the exact same scenario without that intervention. In synthetic control, researchers use ... the researchers looked for surrounding counties without stadiums, that had similar Covid-19 ... a stadium county if more than 10 percent of a stadium’s fans came from that county, which the researchers ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/study-masking-and-distancing-place-nfl-stadium-openings-2020-had-no-impact-local-covid-19MIT engineers introduce the Oreometer
more evenly between both wafers. The researchers also measured the torque required to twist open an ... research; it’s also an opportunity to make the science of rheology accessible to others. To that end, the ... researchers have designed a 3D-printable “Oreometer” — a simple device that firmly grasps an Oreo cookie and ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/mit-engineers-introduce-oreometerMIT engineers design a soft, implantable ventilator
be inflated at a frequency to match the diaphragm’s natural rhythm. The researchers demonstrated the ... the researchers are eager to optimize. “This is a proof of concept of a new way to ventilate,” says ... and her research group found that a similar soft, robotic assistance could be applied to other tissues ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/mit-engineers-design-soft-implantable-ventilatorHow to push, wiggle, or drill an object through sand
3D’s complexity. Wacky twist In their new study, the researchers adapted RFT to 3D by adding an extra ... drilling an asymmetric object (the Stanford bunny) down through a bed of small grains. The researchers ... knock over this tree?” Kamrin says. “Here is a way to get an answer fast.” This research was supported, ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/how-push-wiggle-or-drill-object-through-sandTo excel at engineering design, generative AI must learn to innovate, study finds
performance and requirements. When the researchers presented the same bicycle frame problem to DGMs that they ... similarity-focused AI models don’t quite translate when applied to engineering problems. But, as the researchers also ... edition of the journal Computer Aided Design. The research is a collaboration between computer scientists ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/excel-engineering-design-generative-ai-must-learn-innovate-study-findsNew laser setup probes metamaterial structures with ultrafast pulses
Courtesy of the researchers The technique, developed by MIT engineers, probes metamaterials with a system ... with figures courtesy of the researchers But engineers are severely limited in their options for ... throughout the samples. Credit: Courtesy of the researchers “Since each tower has a vibrational signature, we ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/new-laser-setup-probes-metamaterial-structures-ultrafast-pulsesFrom NASA to MIT to Formlabs
asked her mentor and became a drone air traffic control researcher at NASA at 15. “I was not old enough ... working as a researcher sampling deep-sea sediment, or notably, running the award-winning autonomous boat ... data about our environment. “Autonomy in the marine space is not as well researched as land autonomy ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/nasa-mit-formlabsA recipe for zero-emissions fuel: Soda cans, seawater, and caffeine
aluminum pellets with seawater. | A researcher demonstrates “activating” aluminum by dipping an aluminum ... the researchers show they can produce hydrogen gas by dropping pretreated, pebble-sized aluminum ... without the added stimulant. The researchers are developing a small reactor that could run on a marine ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/recipe-zero-emissions-fuel-soda-cans-seawater-and-caffeineMIT engineers grow “high-rise” 3D chips
between layers, the researchers say. The researchers envision that the method could be used to build AI ... required higher temperatures to form single-crystalline material. Going a step further, the researchers ... “The next step is scaling up to show professional AI chip operation.” This research is supported, in ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/mit-engineers-grow-%E2%80%9Chigh-rise%E2%80%9D-3d-chipsRobotic system zeroes in on objects most relevant for helping humans
autonomously assist humans in a seamless, intelligent, and safe manner. Credit: Courtesy of the researchers ... maneuvers to safely offer the relevant objects or actions to the human. The researchers demonstrated the ... are most likely relevant to assist the human. To establish relevance, the researchers developed an ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/robotic-system-zeroes-objects-most-relevant-helping-humansHow to solve a bottleneck for CO2 capture and conversion
make the other part worse. Now, using nanoscale filtering membranes, researchers at MIT have added ... MIT-BetterC02-02-press1024x768.jpg Using nanoscale filtering membranes, researchers at MIT have added a simple intermediate step that ... researchers. Both the capture and release steps operate in the same water-based solution, but the first step ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/how-solve-bottleneck-co2-capture-and-conversionStudy shows making hydrogen with soda cans and seawater is scalable and sustainable
Credit: Courtesy of the researchers Last year, the team reported that they could produce hydrogen gas by ... could be applied at an industrial scale, and at what environmental cost. Now, the researchers have ... gallium-indium, which is a rare-metal alloy that effectively scrubs aluminum into its pure form. The researchers ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/study-shows-making-hydrogen-soda-cans-and-seawater-scalable-and-sustainableMIT engineers uncover a surprising reason why tissues are flexible or rigid
pressure or injury. Image: Courtesy of the researchers In a paper appearing today in Nature Physics, the ... researchers show that when a tissue is pressed or squeezed, it is more compliant and relaxes more quickly when ... what’s inside, rather than around, a cell. Now that the researchers have shown that intercellular flow ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/mit-engineers-uncover-surprising-reason-why-tissues-are-flexible-or-rigidNew control system teaches soft robots the art of staying safe
objects. Contact-Aware_1024.jpg MIT researchers are teaching robots to understand their own limits while ... serial-link manipulators,” says co-lead author Maximilian Stölzle, a research intern at Disney Research and ... formerly a Delft University of Technology PhD student and visiting researcher at MIT LIDS and CSAIL. “This ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/new-control-system-teaches-soft-robots-art-staying-safeMIT announces 2025 Bose Grants
the outstanding projects that will receive this year’s Professor Amar G. Bose Research Grants. This ... faculty who propose original, cross-disciplinary, and often risky research projects that would likely not ... be funded by conventional sources. “These talented faculty members are taking on big, bold research ...
https://meche.mit.edu/news-media/mit-announces-2025-bose-grantsStudy Assesses Solar Photovoltaic Technologies
MIT researchers recommend rapidly scaling up current silicon-based systems while continuing to ... no single technology — established or emerging — offers benefits on all fronts, the researchers ... And what role might be played by the many other PV technologies now being developed in research labs ...
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