Inspiration from a porcupine’s quills
Understanding the mechanisms behind quill penetration and extraction could help engineers design better medical devices.
Understanding the mechanisms behind quill penetration and extraction could help engineers design better medical devices.
From fuel cells to bamboo, and from Tanzania to Brazil, MIT senior Arfa Aijazi crosses borders and disciplines to make an impact.
MIT researchers find that adding a coating of graphene has little effect on how a surface interacts with liquids — except in extreme cases.
MIT professor of mechanical engineering is one of just seven recipients of the award this year.
Researchers synthesize a new kind of silk fiber — and find that music can help fine-tune the material’s properties.
CAST visiting artist creates inflatable and airborne biospheres: speculative models for alternate ways of living.
These more durable gels could find applications in drug delivery and tissue engineering.
MIT researchers find that heat moving in materials called superlattices behaves like waves; finding could enable better thermoelectrics.
New tests of nanostructured material could lead to better armor against everything from gunfire to micrometeorites.
Counting loops that weaken materials could help researchers eliminate structural flaws.
New adhesive comes off quickly, sparing infants’ delicate skin from damage.
In a new book, MIT’s Felice Frankel aims to help scientists and engineers improve the way they portray their research through photos, diagrams and graphs.