Tuesday, July 13th, 2010
[caption id="attachment_15865" align="alignleft" width="200" caption="Researchers have developed acoustic fibres with flat surfaces such as those shown here, as well as fibres with circular cross sections. The flat fibres could prove useful in acoustic imaging devices. Image courtesy: Greg Hren Photograph/MIT."][/caption]
MIT professor Yoel Fink has announced plans to develop fibres that ...
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Tuesday, June 22nd, 2010
[caption id="attachment_15386" align="alignleft" width="220" caption="The pores between the nanotubes shown in this image can store lithium ions in a high-power battery. Image courtesy of Nature Nanotechnology."][/caption]
Batteries might gain a boost in power capacity as a result of recent research at MIT. Scientists at the university found that using carbon nanotubes ...
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Tuesday, June 1st, 2010
[caption id="attachment_14878" align="alignleft" width="210" caption="Image courtesy of Christine Daniloff"][/caption]
People with type I diabetes must prick their fingers several times a day to test their blood sugar level. Though the pain is minor, the chore interferes with daily life. Researchers at MIT are now working on a new type of blood glucose ...
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Tuesday, May 25th, 2010
[caption id="attachment_14719" align="alignleft" width="200" caption="This 3D scan of the ear canal, taken with new imaging technology developed at MIT, could be used to manufacture better fitting hearing aids. Image courtesy of Federico Frigerio."][/caption]
Researchers at MIT are working to improve the fit of hearing aids through the development of new 3D ...
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Wednesday, April 28th, 2010
[caption id="attachment_14145" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="In this diagram, viruses (coloured orange) cling to the gold surface (yellow) at the end of a silicon cantilever. A magnetic tip (blue) creates a magnetic field that interacts with the viruses to create an image, using magnetic force resonance microscopy. Image: Martino Poggio, University of ...
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Thursday, April 22nd, 2010
[caption id="attachment_13981" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Different configurations of the actuators cause different types of motions. Here, charging the actuators cause a plastic joint to fold in half. Image courtesy of Jason Dorfman/CSAIL"][/caption]
From the Wire: Researchers at MIT have reported that they have discovered a new technique for using shape-memory alloys — ...
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Thursday, March 11th, 2010
[caption id="attachment_12932" align="alignleft" width="368" caption="MIT engineers have designed this wearable ECG monitor that runs on very little power and could replace cumbersome devices now used to monitor heart patients. Image courtesy of Eric Winokur"][/caption]
From the Wire: The next wave of the electronics revolution will involve biomedical devices, say electrical engineers ...
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Thursday, December 17th, 2009
[caption id="attachment_11063" align="alignleft" width="368" caption="Chains of superparamagnetic colloidal particles rotate to produce flows on length scales much larger than the chain dimensions, allowing them to behave like "micro-ants" that can move large particles. Image courtesy of Charles Sing"] [/caption]
From the Wire: A new microscopic system devised by researchers in ...
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Thursday, October 15th, 2009
[caption id="attachment_9578" align="alignleft" width="220" caption="Muscle cells that grow on a biological scaffold can connect to severed nerves remaining from a lost limb. Image courtesty of Paul Cederna"][/caption]
From the Wire: Tiny implants that connect to nerve cells could improve control prosthetic limbs, according to an article recently published by Technology ...
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Monday, August 10th, 2009
[caption id="attachment_8362" align="alignright" width="300" caption="Scientists at MIT have synthesised carbon nanotubes using zirconium oxide."][/caption]
Carbon nanotubes have intrigued material scientists since the 1990s, but the commercial applications of the nanomaterial have been limited. One reason for this, is that the metals used to synthesise nanotubes react unfavourably with materials found in ...
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Thursday, July 9th, 2009
[caption id="attachment_7755" align="alignleft" width="400" caption="A multinational team of researchers have made progress in using single molecule wires as electric conductors. Image courtesy of TU Graz"][/caption]
From the wire. A team of multinational researchers have reported success in using single-molecule wires to conduct electricity between two metal electrodes. According to an abstract ...
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Monday, April 6th, 2009
[caption id="attachment_5684" align="alignleft" width="404" caption="Diagram shows how a new needle developed at MIT works (from top to bottom): i. Doctor pushes here. ii. Filament buckles and 'locks' inside tube. iii. Additional force advances entire device. iv. Upon penetration of space, filament relaxes inside tube and deploys into space."][/caption]
Each year, hundreds ...
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