Team creates map for production of eco-friendly metals

New understanding of metal electrolysis could help optimize production of metals like lithium and iron.

Elizabeth A. Thomson | Materials Research Laboratory • mit
May 9, 2022 ~6 min

Using excess heat to improve electrolyzers and fuel cells

New technology could help generate hydrogen and chemical industry ingredients.

Matthew Hutson | Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering • mit
April 26, 2022 ~7 min


A new heat engine with no moving parts is as efficient as a steam turbine

The design could someday enable a fully decarbonized power grid, researchers say.

Jennifer Chu | MIT News Office • mit
April 13, 2022 ~7 min

A better way to separate gases

A new membrane material could make purification of gases significantly more efficient, potentially helping to reduce carbon emissions.

David L. Chandler | MIT News Office • mit
March 24, 2022 ~9 min

Seeing an elusive magnetic effect through the lens of machine learning

An MIT team incorporates AI to facilitate the detection of an intriguing materials phenomenon that can lead to electronics without energy dissipation.

Steve Nadis | Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering • mit
March 24, 2022 ~8 min

Making quantum circuits more robust

Researchers have developed a technique for making quantum computing more resilient to noise, which boosts performance.

Adam Zewe | MIT News Office • mit
March 21, 2022 ~9 min

Could we make cars out of petroleum residue?

A new way to make carbon fiber could turn refinery byproducts into high-value, ultralight structural materials for cars, aircraft, and spacecraft.

David L. Chandler | MIT News Office • mit
March 18, 2022 ~8 min

Computational modeling guides development of new materials

Chemical engineers use neural networks to discover the properties of metal-organic frameworks, for catalysis and other applications.

mit
March 11, 2022 ~6 min


Using artificial intelligence to find anomalies hiding in massive datasets

A new machine-learning technique could pinpoint potential power grid failures or cascading traffic bottlenecks in real time.

Adam Zewe | MIT News Office • mit
Feb. 25, 2022 ~7 min

Physicists observe an exotic “multiferroic” state in an atomically thin material

Discovery shows for the first time that multiferroic properties can exist in a two-dimensional material; could lead to more efficient magnetic memory devices.

Jennifer Chu | MIT News Office • mit
Feb. 23, 2022 ~7 min

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