New plant-derived composite is tough as bone and hard as aluminum

The material could pave the way for sustainable plastics.

Jennifer Chu | MIT News Office • mit
Feb. 10, 2022 ~6 min

MIT.nano receives grant to acquire focused ion beam scanning electron microscope

National Science Foundation award will allow the VELION FIB-SEM to become a permanent instrument in MIT.nano’s characterization facility.

MIT.nano • mit
Feb. 9, 2022 ~4 min


Engineers develop surgical “duct tape” as an alternative to sutures

The sticky patch could be quickly applied to repair gut leaks and tears.

Jennifer Chu | MIT News Office • mit
Feb. 2, 2022 ~7 min

Making RNA vaccines easier to swallow

A pill that releases RNA in the stomach could offer a new way to administer vaccines, or to deliver therapies for gastrointestinal disease.

Anne Trafton | MIT News Office • mit
Jan. 31, 2022 ~7 min

An all-in-one approach to diabetes treatment

MIT engineers are working on a new kind of device that could streamline the process of blood glucose measurement and insulin injection.

Anne Trafton | MIT News Office • mit
Jan. 20, 2022 ~7 min

A new way to perform "general inverse design" with high accuracy

SMART breakthrough could help develop technologies that can identify materials according to desired properties for specific applications.

Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology • mit
Jan. 18, 2022 ~8 min

Controlling how “odd couple” surfaces and liquids interact

Spread out or bead up? A new process enables control over liquid-solid interfaces even with the most unlikely pairs of materials.

David Chandler | MIT News Office • mit
Jan. 17, 2022 ~7 min

Overcoming a bottleneck in carbon dioxide conversion

Study reveals why some attempts to convert the greenhouse gas into fuel have failed, and offers possible solutions.

David Chandler | MIT News Office • mit
Jan. 11, 2022 ~7 min


Brain wrinkles and folds matter – researchers are studying the mechanics of how they form

Understanding how brain folding works could help researchers better diagnose and treat neurodevelopmental disorders.

Weiying Dai, Assistant Professor of Computer Science, Binghamton University, State University of New York • conversation
Dec. 16, 2021 ~8 min

An energy-storage solution that flows like soft-serve ice cream

Researchers make the case for a semisolid electrochemical compound as a cost-efficient, grid-scale battery backup for wind and solar power.

Leda Zimmerman | MIT Energy Initiative • mit
Nov. 30, 2021 ~10 min

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