Research on preventing scale formation featured on MIT News. MIT researchers develop a slippery coating that could prevent the scaling that fouls oil wells and power plants. Gallery Research on preventing scale formation featured on MIT News. MIT researchers develop a slippery coating that could prevent the scaling that fouls oil wells and power plants. By Leonid Rapoport|2015-08-21T12:53:39-04:00January 21st, 2014| Read More