MIT Engineers Find a Way To Save Energy and Make Water Boil More Efficiently
New surface treatments could save energy for systems used in many industries. At the heart of a wide range of industrial processes, including most electricity…
Mechanical Engineering
MIT’s Raman Lab: At the Forefront of Building With Biology
Ritu Raman leads the Raman Lab, where she creates adaptive biological materials for applications in medicine and machines. It seems that Ritu Raman was born…
Smaller Than a Flea – The Smallest Remote-Controlled Walking Robot Ever
The small robotic crab can walk, bend, twist, turn and jump The smallest-ever remote-controlled walking robot has been created by Northwestern University engineers, and it…
Scientists Have Created a Method To Prevent Deadly Infections Without Antibiotics
UCLA researchers have created a new surface treatment that prevents bacteria from sticking to medical devices such as catheters and stents. A hospital or medical…
Low-Cost Gel Harvests Drinking Water From Dry Desert Air
More than a third of the world’s population lives in drylands, areas that experience significant water shortages. Engineers and scientists at The University of Texas…
MIT Engineers Use Artificial Intelligence To Capture the Complexity of Breaking Waves
The new model’s predictions should help researchers improve ocean climate simulations and hone the design of offshore structures. Waves break once they swell to a…
Innovative 3D-Printing Technology Creates Glass Microstructures With Rays of Light
The manufacturing technique enables faster production, greater optical quality, and design flexibility. Researchers at the University of California, Berkeley have developed a new way to…
Cells Take Out the Trash Before They Divide To Give Their Offspring a Clean Slate
Cells may use this strategy to clear out toxic byproducts and give their offspring a fresh start. MIT scientists have discovered that before cells start…
New Research Shows Exposure to High-Powered Microwave Frequencies Can Cause Brain Injuries
Texas A&M research findings could change the way we view directed energy and traumatic brain injuries. Contrary to what was once popular belief, microwave ovens…
What Is It Like To Work at a Particle Accelerator?
A day in the life of two accelerator experts Kathleen Ratcliffe and Tien Fak Tan have cooperated over the last several years to help create…
The Elusive Unruh Effect: Physicists Embark on a Hunt for a Long-Sought Quantum Glow
A new approach could make it possible detect the elusive Unruh effect in hours, rather than billions of years. For “Star Wars” fans, the streaking…
Introducing the MIT Oreometer – Mechanical Engineers Put an Oreo’s Cream Filling Through a Battery of Tests
Mechanical engineers put an Oreo’s cream filling through a battery of tests to understand what happens when two wafers are twisted apart. When you twist…
Solar-Powered System From MIT Offers a Route to Inexpensive Desalination
Passive solar evaporation system could be used to clean wastewater, provide potable water, or sterilize medical tools in off-grid areas. An estimated two-thirds of humanity…
New Way To Administer Vaccines: A Pill That Injects RNA in the Stomach
Making RNA Vaccines Easier To Swallow A pill that releases RNA in the stomach could offer a new way to administer vaccines, or to deliver…
MIT Engineers Develop Biocompatible Surgical “Duct Tape” as an Alternative to Sutures
The sticky patch could be quickly applied to repair gut leaks and tears. A staple on any engineer’s workbench, duct tape is a quick and…
Kirigami Robotic Grippers Are Delicate Enough To Lift Raw Egg Yolks Without Breaking Them
Engineering researchers from North Carolina State University have demonstrated a new type of flexible, robotic grippers that are able to lift delicate egg yolks without…
Wettability – Controlling How “Odd Couple” Surfaces and Liquids Interact
Spread out or bead up? A new process enables control over liquid-solid interfaces even with the most unlikely pairs of materials. The wettability of a…
Physics-Based Engineering and the Machine-Learning “Black Box” Problem
In MIT 2.C161, George Barbastathis demonstrates how mechanical engineers can use their knowledge of physical systems to keep algorithms in check and develop more accurate…
