Bringing together researchers from different science and engineering fields for Materials Day Symposium promises solutions to energy, health, and other needs.

“Air-breathing” battery can store electricity for months, for about a fifth the cost of current technologies.

MIT affiliates recognized for their innovative approaches to energy storage and drug discovery.

Study explains conflicting results from other experiments, may lead to batteries with more energy per pound.

Startup’s gas-electric engines may pave way for package delivery and human flight.

Smooth surfaces may prevent harmful deposits from working their way into a solid electrolyte.

Award presented annually in recognition of outstanding achievement in chemistry in the spirit of, and in honor of, Nobel Prize winner Linus Pauling.

Startup’s novel aluminum batteries increase the range of UUVs tenfold.

Mechanical actuators developed by MIT team expand and contract as they let oxygen in and out.

Brittle electrodes handle expansion by going glassy, study shows.