Interdisciplinary materials science a key to progress | MIT News

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

Denis Paiste | Materials Research Laboratory • mit
Nov. 5, 2017 ~22 min

New property found in unusual crystalline materials | MIT News

Materials with a special kind of boundary between crystal grains can deform in unexpected ways.

David L. Chandler | MIT News Office • mit
Oct. 25, 2017 ~7 min


Hydrogel that extracts uranium from water wins MADMEC | MIT News

Teams developing materials solutions for ships and buildings split second and third prizes.

Rob Matheson | MIT News Office • mit
Oct. 13, 2017 ~6 min

Making renewable power more viable for the grid | MIT News

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

Rob Matheson | MIT News Office • mit
Oct. 11, 2017 ~8 min

Will metal supplies limit battery expansion? | MIT News

Rise of electric vehicles and grid storage may cause bottlenecks, but no showstoppers, analysis suggests.

David L. Chandler | MIT News Office • mit
Oct. 11, 2017 ~5 min

Introducing the Materials Research Laboratory at MIT | MIT News

Materials Processing Center, Center for Materials Science and Engineering merger brings together formidable resources for advancing next-generation materials.

Denis Paiste | Materials Research Laboratory • mit
Oct. 10, 2017 ~9 min

Why researchers should step out of the lab | MIT News

Project reveals benefits of communicating with industry when conducting research.

David L. Chandler | MIT News Office • mit
Oct. 4, 2017 ~8 min

Developing new magnetic device materials | MIT News

Summer Scholar Stephanie Bauman interns in Luqiao Liu lab synthesizing and testing manganese gallium samples for spintronic applications.

Denis Paiste | Materials Processing Center • mit
Oct. 2, 2017 ~5 min


Fast-moving magnetic particles could enable new form of data storage | MIT News

Recently discovered phenomenon could provide a way to bypass the limits to Moore’s Law.

David Chandler | MIT News Office • mit
Oct. 2, 2017 ~6 min

“Personal thermostat” startup heats up for commercialization | MIT News

MIT spinout prepares to launch line of wristbands that keep wearers thermally comfortable.

Rob Matheson | MIT News Office • mit
Sept. 27, 2017 ~8 min

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