Engineers invent vertical, full-color microscopic LEDs

Stacking light-emitting diodes instead of placing them side by side could enable fully immersive virtual reality displays and higher-resolution digital screens.

Jennifer Chu | MIT News Office • mit
Feb. 1, 2023 ~7 min

MIT engineers grow “perfect” atom-thin materials on industrial silicon wafers

Their technique could allow chip manufacturers to produce next-generation transistors based on materials other than silicon.

Jennifer Chu | MIT News Office • mit
Jan. 18, 2023 ~7 min


Engineers solve a mystery on the path to smaller, lighter batteries

Branchlike metallic filaments can sap the power of solid-state lithium batteries. A new study explains how they form and how to divert them.

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

A faster experiment to find and study topological materials

Using machine learning and simple X-ray spectra, researchers can uncover compounds that might enable next-generation computer chips or quantum devices.

David L. Chandler | MIT News Office • mit
Oct. 26, 2022 ~8 min

Engineers develop a new kind of shape-memory material

The ceramic-based material could be used for highly efficient actuators for aircraft or other uses, with minimal moving parts.

David L. Chandler | MIT News Office • mit
Oct. 5, 2022 ~8 min

Passive cooling system could benefit off-grid locations

Relying on evaporation and radiation — but not electricity — the system could keep food fresh longer or supplement air conditioning in buildings.

David L. Chandler | MIT News Office • mit
Sept. 20, 2022 ~8 min

SMART Innovation Center awarded five-year NRF grant for new deep tech ventures

By providing researchers with financial and strategic support from the early stages, the Innovation Center hopes to bring new and disruptive technologies to market.

Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology • mit
Sept. 13, 2022 ~8 min

J-WAFS awards $150K Solutions grant to Patrick Doyle and team for rapid removal of micropollutants from water

The grant will enable pilot-scale water treatment systems to be built and tested using sustainable hydrogel microparticles.

Carolyn Blais | Abdul Latif Jameel World Water and Food Systems Lab • mit
Sept. 7, 2022 ~5 min


MIT students contribute to success of historic fusion experiment

Students are part of large team that achieved fusion ignition for the first time in a laboratory.

Plasma Science and Fusion Center • mit
Sept. 6, 2022 ~4 min

A simple way to significantly increase lifetimes of fuel cells and other devices

MIT researchers find that changing the pH of a system solves a decades-old problem.

Elizabeth A. Thomson | Materials Research Laboratory • mit
Aug. 31, 2022 ~8 min

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