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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Sept. 27, 2017 • ~8 min
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