Chemistry graduate student Jianrong Zhou works in a lab in the newly renovated Dreyfus Building. The three-year renovation project improves researcher safety and allows more daylight into the labs. I.M. Pei designed the building, which was constructed in the late 1960s. Photo / Laura Wulf
A version of this article appeared in MIT Tech Talk on September 17, 2003.
MIT spinout Electrified Thermal Solutions has developed an electrically conductive firebrick that stores heat at high enough temperatures to power industrial processes.