Materials science

Senior research scientist Jagadeesh Moodera, left, points to the molecular beam epitaxy setup he uses in his research. With him are Tiffany Santos, graduate student in materials science and engineering, and postdoctoral associate John Philip.

New material puts its own spin on electronics

May 24, 2006

Sean Morton, a sophomore in materials science and engineering, and teaching assistant Elizabeth Cooney attach cords to create a replica of an Incan khipu.

Students untie mysteries of Incan knots

May 9, 2006

Goodstein foresees 'End of the Age of Oil'

May 1, 2006

Sigma Xi lecture set for May 2

April 26, 2006

From left, Professors Yet-Ming Chiang, Angela Belcher and Paula Hammond display a virus-loaded film that can serve as the anode of a battery.

Researchers build tiny batteries with viruses

April 7, 2006

Dr. Raphael Bueno, left, and team use a new MIT technology to shrink a patient's lung tumor by more than 90 percent during laser surgery at Brigham and Women's Hospital.

MIT technology used to shrink tumor

April 5, 2006

Professors Yet-Ming Chiang, left, and Steven Hall show components of their electrochemically actuated morphing rotor prototype (foreground) as well as a reduced-scale model (background) of a previous technology that uses piezoelectrics as the active materials.

MIT makes move toward vehicles that morph

March 22, 2006

The structure of lithium nickel manganese oxide consists of layers of transition metal (nickel and manganese, blue layer) separated from lithium layers (green) by oxygen (red).

MIT powers up new battery for hybrid cars

February 16, 2006

MIT lines up battery of options

February 16, 2006

This conceptual drawing shows the structure of a nickel-tungsten alloy that promises a safer alternative to chromium. The nano-sized crystals (blue) are mostly composed of nickel, and are joined together by regions rich in tungsten (red).

Researchers think small to find safer alloys

February 15, 2006

Belcher awarded new Germeshausen Professorship

February 1, 2006

This simulation shows a crack spreading in a brittle material. First the crack creates a clean slice across the surface (upper left), but as it gains speed (other figures, clockwise) it starts to gyrate, and the crack's path becomes increasingly uneven.

MIT researcher sees big impact of little cracks

January 18, 2006

Edwin Thomas to head Department of Materials Science and Engineering

December 9, 2005

MIT research made the cover of Advanced Materials this month. The image shows a slide covered with microscopic dots of biomaterials superimposed by one of those dots in close-up. MIT researchers have used such microarrays to quickly identify new materials.

MIT sleuths discover quick way to new materials

November 28, 2005

Here, a soliton (blob with red and blue stripes) moves along a conducting polymer chain (aqua and yellow for hydrogen and carbon). The soliton blob causes a localized bend in the chain. The traditional way to make polymer actuate is to dope the material with an ion such as sodium, represented by the red dot.

MIT closes in on bionic speed

November 7, 2005

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