What happens when materials take tiny hits
High-speed camera shows incoming particles cause damage by briefly melting surfaces as they strike.
High-speed camera shows incoming particles cause damage by briefly melting surfaces as they strike.
Researchers observe, for the first time, topological effects unique to an “open” system.
Materials Processing Center, Center for Materials Science and Engineering merger brings together formidable resources for advancing next-generation materials.
Summer Scholar Stephanie Bauman interns in Luqiao Liu lab synthesizing and testing manganese gallium samples for spintronic applications.
Summer Scholar Gaetana Michelet explores the role mucus plays in protecting people from getting sick.
Carbon nanotubes lower the transformation temperature of glassy carbon, possibly aiding manufacturers, MIT researchers report.
Summer Scholar Alejandro Aponte troubleshoots the design for an implantable pump that can deliver drugs to the brain.
Summer Scholars in materials science and engineering are tackling projects ranging from magnetic thin films to catalysts for energy.
Researchers develop an electrically-driven process to separate commercially important metals from sulfide minerals in one step without harmful byproducts.
MIT researchers create a high-temperature device that produces electricity from industrial waste heat.
MIT researchers team up with leaders from the metals and minerals industry to envision a more sustainable future.
Diverse group seeks MIT laboratory internship experiences in materials science, photonics, energy, and biomedical applications.
Mechanical actuators developed by MIT team expand and contract as they let oxygen in and out.
MIT, Carnegie Mellon researchers explore “self-healing” batteries with new metal-halide solid electrolyte material.