System provides cooling with no electricity
Passive device relies on a layer of material that blocks incoming sunlight but lets heat radiate away.
Passive device relies on a layer of material that blocks incoming sunlight but lets heat radiate away.
At the sixth annual Mechanical Engineering Research Exhibition, graduate students and postdocs sharpen their communication and presentation skills.
Mechanical engineering students in MIT D-Lab are working with collaborators in Uganda on a solution for the health hazards associated with wood-burning stoves.
Systems “learn” from novel dataset that captures how pushed objects move, to improve their physical interactions with new objects.
Study shows tumors with softer, larger cells at their periphery are more likely to spread; may suggest new route for cancer therapy.
An algorithm speeds up the planning process robots use to adjust their grip on objects, for picking and sorting, or tool use.
Beloved teacher and pioneer in hands-on engineering education developed design and robotics competitions at MIT, FIRST, and beyond, while promoting his concept of “gracious professionalism.”
New technique could enable assembly of circuit boards and displays with more minute components.
Coated pill carries microneedles that deliver insulin and other drugs to the lining of the small intestine.
Studying a common material at room temperature, researchers bring quantum behavior “closer to our daily life.”
MIT engineers develop a model that predicts how the cornstarch-water mixture turns from liquid to solid, and back again.
Gabriella Carolini, Paula Hammond, and David Trumper honored as Committed to Caring graduate student mentors.
Five software and hardware projects will launch the MIT.nano Immersion Lab Gaming Program.
New structural design could lead to self-deploying tents or adaptive robotic fins.
RFID-based devices work in indoor and outdoor lighting conditions, and communicate at greater distances.