The power of nanofluids
One of engineering’s most powerful capabilities is the improvement of existing systems through innovation — taking something that works and making it better, faster or cheaper. Associate Professor...
View ArticleOscillating microscopic beads could be key to biolab on a chip
If you throw a ball underwater, you’ll find that the smaller it is, the faster it moves: A larger cross-section greatly increases the water’s resistance. Now, a team of MIT researchers has figured out...
View ArticleDepartment snapshot: Civil and Environmental Engineering
Photos: M. Scott Brauer and Stuart Darsch This is part of an occasional series of features profiling academic departments at MIT. "This is a department with a very long history,” says Andrew Whittle,...
View ArticleWatching fluid flow at nanometer scales
Imagine if you could drink a glass of water just by inserting a solid wire into it and sucking on it as though it were a soda straw. It turns out that if you were tiny enough, that method would work...
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