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Sun-powered desalination for villages in India

researchers shows that a different desalination technology called electrodialysis, powered by solar panels, ... the full set of constraints imposed by the market.” After weeks of field research in India, and ... salinity levels seen in India’s groundwater, the researchers found, an electrodialysis system can provide ...

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Steam from the sun

implication, the researchers say, is that steam-generating applications can function with lower sunlight ... Its top layer is made from graphite that the researchers exfoliated by placing the material in ... sunny day, can continuously absorb and evaporate liquid. The researchers tested the structure by placing ...

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New method for propulsion in fluids

Researchers at MIT have discovered a new way of harnessing temperature gradients in fluids to ... others. The finding was an unexpected outcome of research on other effects of temperature differences, ... this research, says it is indeed surprising that this phenomenon has been overlooked for so long. “That ...

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New surface treatment stops scale buildup

temporarily, of operating wells. So addressing this problem could have a big payoff. Now a team of researchers ... — including applying a textured coating to the surface, or chemically etching it in place. The researchers ... Chemistry and Physics of Interfaces at the University of Freiburg, who was not involved in this research ...

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Making silicon devices responsive to infrared light

systems that are responsive to a broad range of infrared light Researchers have tried a variety of methods ... — but these methods have all faced limitations. Now, a new system developed by researchers at five ... would be useful for making solar cells, he says. The research was funded by the U.S. Army Research ...

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PhD student recognized by International Desalination Association

This is the second consecutive IDA Congress at which a member of the Lienhard Research Group has been ...

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MechE announces three new appointments

Mechanical Engineering, and Professor John Leonard has been appointed associate head for research, both ... of the Battelle/MIT Postdoctoral Associate Program. Hosoi’s research interests lie in developing and ... of Oceanic Engineering and of the IEEE Transactions on Robotics and Automation. Leonard’s research ...

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A climate window in the Southern Ocean

help researchers understand and predict the ocean’s role in climate and climate change. Recently, ... the poles; in the Southern Ocean, unimpeded winds whip up deep waters. The researchers note that two ... of learning things,” says Sarmiento, who was not involved with this research. “So I think this is ...

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Visual Thinking for Engineers

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Designing the Next-Generation Prosthesis

where she tests her proof-of-concept prototype. Mechanics Health Innovation Impact Home Research Home ...

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Giving Robots a More Nimble Grasp

researchers developed a model that describes the forceful interaction between a gripper, a grasped object, and ... as a gripper pushes it against a given fixture, the researchers designed the model to take into ... the research community,” Rodriguez says. “Any applications where you have limitations in terms of ...

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Hope Regenerated

Emmy Winner! Mechanics Bioengineering Health Innovation Impact Home Research Home Undergraduate ...

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Matthew Cavuto: Getting a leg up on engineering

the world’s leading research teams on providing sensory feedback to users of prosthetic limbs, and ... countries. Working with MIT’s GEAR (Global Engineering and Research) Lab, under the guidance of Amos Winter, ... ultimately to become a professor. “Through inspiring and guiding the research of students, as a professor or ...

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