Motivated by the thrill of discovery | MIT News
Itamar Kimchi studies the physics underlying unusual behavior of electrons in compounds such as transition metal oxides.
Feb. 14, 2017 • ~13 min
Using evolutionary dynamics and game theory to understand personal relations | MIT News
MIT biophysicists apply mathematics from evolutionary biology to describe a surprising aspect of human behavior.
Jan. 5, 2017 • ~13 min
Majorana fermions predicted in a superconducting material | MIT News
MIT researchers propose a new method for verifying the existence of a theoretical quasiparticle.
Dec. 21, 2016 • ~7 min
Faculty highlight: Robert Macfarlane | MIT News
MIT chemist constructs nanoparticle-based crystals by programming interactions of synthetic polymers and biopolymers at the molecular level.
Oct. 14, 2016 • ~20 min
Tiny gold grids yielding secrets | MIT News
Summer Scholar Justin Cheng explores process in Berggren group for making ordered metal nanostructures that display interesting new properties.
Sept. 7, 2016 • ~7 min
Designing safe, cheap batteries for grid level storage | MIT News
Summer Scholar Victoria Yao experiments with water-based, flow-driven battery concept in Brushett Lab.
Sept. 1, 2016 • ~6 min
Modeling how colloidal particles spin through a fixed array | MIT News
Summer Scholar Jennifer Coulter works on computer simulations with associate professor of materials science Alfredo Alexander-Katz.
Aug. 29, 2016 • ~6 min
A mutual breakdown | MIT News
Species relationships devolve from jointly beneficial to competitive in benign environments.
Aug. 24, 2016 • ~6 min
Chemical sensing at telecom wavelengths | MIT News
Summer Scholar Ashley Del Valle Morales probes new a silicon carbide system in the MIT Microphotonics Center.
Aug. 8, 2016 • ~4 min
Analyzing lithium ion battery fatigue | MIT News
Summer Scholar Erica Eggleton joins Van Vliet Lab to make and test lithium manganese oxide electrodes.
Aug. 2, 2016 • ~4 min
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