Content by David L. Chandler
When Is It Worth Remanufacturing?MIT study shows sometimes it saves energy, sometimes it doesn’t—and sometimes it makes things worse
Wed, 05/18/2011 - 06:00
It seems like a no-brainer: Remanufacturing products rather than making new ones from scratch—widely done with everything from retread tires to refilled inkjet cartridges to remanufactured engines—should save a lot of energy, right?
Not so fast,… How Liquids BehaveResearchers identify a fundamental property of how water and other liquids move at different temperatures
Mon, 01/31/2011 - 05:00
In a finding that has met with surprise and some controversy in the scientific community, researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and elsewhere have discovered a basic property that governs the way water and many other… MIT Team Develops System for Continuous Medical MonitoringNew system uses widely available, inexpensive video technology
Wed, 10/06/2010 - 08:37
You can check a person’s vital signs—pulse, respiration, and blood pressure—manually or by attaching sensors to the body. But a student in the Harvard-Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Health and Sciences Technology program is working on… ‘Good ideas come from anyone, anywhere’MIT Diversity Summit celebrates inclusion and meritocracy
Mon, 02/03/2014 - 11:27
When Lt. Col. Consuelo Castillo Kickbusch, the daughter of a maid and a handyman, was growing up in a barrio in Laredo, Texas, the helping hand of a big-hearted stranger allowed her to dream of a better life—and to reach for it. Years later, thanks…