Via @mitpics on Instagram: “This summer, MechE junior Katherine ‘Ebby’ Brennan is analyzing spacesuit range of motion and mobility characteristics of the Exploration Extravehicular Mobility Unit (xEMU Spacesuit) as part of NASA's Anthropometry and Biomechanics Facility at Johnson Space Center.”

To celebrate the passage of the CHIPS and Science Act of 2022 — which provides $52 billion for U.S. semiconductor research, development, and manufacturing — Sen. Elizabeth Warren paid a visit to MIT’s facility for nanoscale science and engineering.

​​Engineers have developed a method to increase wind farms’ energy output – with no need for new equipment. “We’re really just making a software change, and there’s a significant potential energy increase associated with it,” says Michael Howland.

​​New 3D-printed materials that sense their own motion could be useful in flexible robots or wearable devices. Air-filled channels deform when the material is squeezed or stretched, and measuring the air pressure reveals how the structure is deforming.

​​Using computational tools, PhD student Jana Saadi seeks to make product design more creative and inclusive. In MIT D-Lab, where she is based, “you’re not creating products for people; you’re creating products with people,” she says.

A new study finds that when adults gain access to Medicaid, some sign up their previously unenrolled kids, too. “We were just trying to get a sense of whether there were impacts on the children, and how large these effects were,” Amy Finkelstein says.