Location: Cambridge, United States
Source: "Low Temperature Synthesis of Vertically Aligned
Carbon Nanotubes with Electrical Contact to Metallic Substrates Enabled by
Thermal Decomposition of the Carbon Feedstock," Gilbert Nessim, Carl V. Thompson
et al, Nano...
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Location: Cambridge, United States
Borrowing from Mother Nature, a team of MIT researchers has built a school of
swimming robo-fish that slip through the water just as gracefully as the real
thing, if not quite as fast.
Mechanical engineers Kamal Youcef-Toumi and Pablo...
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Location: Cambridge, United States
An accurate map of a large underground oil reservoir that can guide
engineers' efforts to coax the oil from the vast rocky subsurface into wells
where it can be pumped out for storage or transport.
Researchers in MIT's Department of...
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Location: Cambridge, United States
Satellites orbiting the Earth must occasionally be nudged to stay on the
correct path. MIT scientists are developing a new rocket that could make this
and other spacecraft maneuvers much less costly, a consideration of growing
importance as...
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Location: Cambridge, United States
Folding paper into shapes such as a crane or a butterfly is challenging
enough for most people. Now imagine trying to fold something that's about a
hundred times thinner than a human hair and then putting it to use as an
electronic device....
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Location: Cambridge, United States
MIT engineers are using carbon nanotubes only billionths of a meter thick to
stitch together aerospace materials in work that could make airplane skins and
other products some 10 times stronger at a nominal increase in cost.
Moreover,...
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Location: Cambridge, United States
A gas used for fumigation has the potential to contribute significantly to
future greenhouse warming, but because its production has not yet reached high
levels there is still time to nip this potential contributor in the bud,
according to...
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Location: Cambridge, United States
A rising tide is said to lift all boats. Rising global temperatures, however,
may lead to increased disparities between rich and poor countries, according to
a recent MIT economic analysis of the impact of climate change on growth. ...
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Location: Cambridge, United States
Modern manufacturing methods are spectacularly inefficient in their use of
energy and materials, according to a detailed MIT analysis of the energy use of
20 major manufacturing processes.
Overall, new manufacturing systems are...
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Location: Cambridge, United States
New research findings at MIT could lead to microchips that operate at much
higher speeds than is possible with today's standard silicon chips, leading to
cell phones and other communications systems that can transmit data much faster. ...
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Location: Cambridge, United States
For the first time, MIT engineers and colleagues have observed the initiation
of a mass gathering and subsequent migration of hundreds of millions of animals
-- in this case, fish.
The work, conducted using a novel imaging technique,...
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Location: Cambridge, United States
Living cells are bombarded with messages from the outside world -- hormones
and other chemicals tell them to grow, migrate, die or do nothing. Inside the
cell, complex signaling networks interpret these cues and make life-and-death...
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Location: Cambridge, United States
High blood pressure is a common risk factor for heart attacks, strokes and
aneurysms, so diagnosing and monitoring it are critically important. However,
getting reliable blood pressure readings is not always easy.
Visits to the...
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Location: Cambridge, United States
MIT Professor of Chemical Engineering Gregory Rutledge keeps a small piece of
fabric that at first glance resembles a Kleenex. This tissue-like material,
softer than silk, is composed of fibers that are a thousand times thinner than a
human...
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Location: Cambridge, United States
Devices can help children with
brain injuries learn to grasp and manipulate objects
Over the past few years, MIT engineers have successfully tested robotic
devices to help stroke patients learn to control their arms and...
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Location: Cambridge, United States
Professor Ernest Moniz, director of the MIT Energy Initiative (MITEI) unveiled a report on reducing carbon dioxide emissions from existing coal plants. The report is based on the findings of a major MIT symposium on retrofitting coal-fired power...
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Location: Massachusetts, United States
How can the cosmos have the entropy we see today if the temperature was
almost exactly the same everywhere after the Big Bang? The answer may lie in our
"cosmic telephone number".
When it comes to big question, there...
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Location: British Columbia, Canada
In the first demonstration of its kind, researchers at the University of British Columbia have controlled the spin of electrons using a ballistic technique--bouncing electrons through a microscopic channel of precisely
constructed,...
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Location: Atlanta, United States
Airline passengers arriving in Atlanta on early morning “redeye” flights
during the past few months may have noticed something different during their
descent to the runway. Instead of the typical sound of engine power rising and...
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Location: MIT, United States
The WiTricity system developed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology is capable of supplying wireless bulb from 60W up to 2 meters away.
A team from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has managed to operate a 60W bulb by...
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