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MIT creates new oil-repelling material
12-06-2007 · EurekAlert!MIT engineers have designed the first simple process for manufacturing materials that strongly repel oils. The material, which can be applied as a flexible surface coating, could have applications in aviation, space travel and hazardous waste cleanup.
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- MIT creates oil-repelling materials
12-06-2007 · Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
MIT engineers have designed a class of material structures that can repel oils, a novel discovery that could be used to help protect parts of airplanes or rockets that are vulnerable to damage from being soaked in fuel, like rubber gaskets and o-rings.
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- MIT creates 3D images of living cell
08-12-2007 · Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
A new imaging technique developed at MIT's Spectroscopy Laboratory has allowed scientists to create the first 3D images of a living cell, using a method similar to the X-ray CT scans doctors use to see inside the body.
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- Trenches Create Memory Space
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05-14-2007 · Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
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- Crawley, Schindall to direct Gordon-MIT program
11-07-2007 · Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
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- MIT team cooks up simple fuel recipe
08-01-2007 · Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
A team of MIT students is working to bring affordable, environmentally friendly cooking fuel to developing countries. The technique, which grew out of an MIT class, offers a simple way to produce charcoal briquettes from organic waste material.
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- Images herald new era in Earth sciences
04-06-2007 · Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
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- MIT Researchers work toward fuel-efficient engines
07-23-2007 · Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
In an advance that could help curb global demand for oil, MIT researchers have demonstrated how ordinary spark-ignition automobile engines can, under certain driving conditions, move into a spark-free operating mode that is fuel-efficient and just as clean.
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- MIT team building robotic fin for submarines
08-03-2007 · Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
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