Getting ready for summer solar vehicle race
MIT team members preparing "Valkyrie" for Austin to St. Paul run in July.
Department
Materials Science and Engineering
A window to the art of classical manufacturing science
MIT Glass Lab, Foundry, and Forge renovations will feature glass walls for better viewing, extra space, and more.
School of Engineering awards for 2014
Awards given to outstanding faculty, and graduate and undergraduate students
Faculty highlight: Jeff Gore
Championing biophysics research: MIT professor Jeff Gore brings together interdisciplinary team, explores population dynamics in yeast and honeybees.
Improving a new breed of solar cells
Quantum-dot photovoltaics set new record for efficiency in such devices, could unlock new uses.
Team visualizes complex electronic state
Multidisciplinary group solves mystery of how a potential battery electrode material behaves.
NIST awards $539,990 grant to photonics consortium
MIT Microphotonics Center joins iNEMI for 19-month project to develop technology road map.
Reinventing copper extraction with electricity
Antoine Allanore is developing molten copper sulfide electrolysis to improve purity and drastically reduce pollutants.
Tracking oxygen in the body
MRI sensor that enables long-term monitoring of oxygen levels could aid cancer diagnosis and treatment.
A molecular approach to solar power
Switchable material could harness the power of the sun — even when it’s not shining.
A new source for potassium fertilizer
Allanore lab chemically alters feldspar, an ore closer to home for countries that cultivate bananas and other potassium-dependent crops
Faculty highlight: Antoine Allanore
Globally important, chemically distinct lines of research promise easier access to potassium fertilizer, cleaner and purer metals.
Strain can alter materials’ properties
New field of "strain engineering" could open up areas of materials research with many potential applications.
Tough as nails, yet clear enough to read through
MIT researchers uncover the secrets behind a marine creature’s defensive armor — one that is exceptionally tough, yet optically clear.
Seeing beauty in a materials science world
Marshall Scholar Colleen Loynachan tackles materials science problems with a photographer’s perspective.