Recent PhD recipient Rachel Zucker models phenomena collectively known as "dewetting" in microscale to nanoscale thin films.

Modeling mechanical stress in solid-state lithium batteries yields insights into battery microstructure for MIT postdoc Giovanna Bucci.

MIT research produces soft material with controllable surface textures that can be varied by squeezing.

In tuning friction to the point where it disappears, technique could boost development of nanomachines.

Tabletop setup provides more nuanced picture of heat production in microelectronics.

New manufacturing process could take exotic material out of the lab and into commercial products.

Researchers find a way of tuning light waves by pairing two exotic 2-D materials.

Researchers explore mechanics of silk to design materials with high strength and low density.

New technique may enable faster, more durable water filters.

A new simplified model predicts patterns that form from honey-like fluids.