AI system can generate novel proteins that meet structural design targets
These tunable proteins could be used to create new materials with specific mechanical properties, like toughness or flexibility.
These tunable proteins could be used to create new materials with specific mechanical properties, like toughness or flexibility.
In a new study, immunostimulatory drugs slowed tumor growth without producing systemic inflammation.
MIT engineers identified an unusually absorbent material that could be used for passive cooling or water harvesting in warm climates.
The structure of the desert birds’ belly feathers enables males to carry water over long distances to their chicks.
These highly stable metal-organic frameworks could be useful for applications such as capturing greenhouse gases.
Award is given each year by the School of Engineering to an outstanding educator up for promotion to associate professor without tenure.
MIT engineers discover new carbonation pathways for creating more environmentally friendly concrete.
The teams will work toward sustainable microchips and topological materials as well as socioresilient materials design.
Drawing inspiration from butterfly wings, reflective fibers woven into clothing could reshape textile sorting and recycling.
Project will develop new materials characterization tools and technologies to assign unique identifiers to individual pearls.
Work with skyrmions could have applications in future computers and more.
Associate Professor Robert Macfarlane is uncovering design principles that allow researchers to fine-tune materials at many size scales.
Using lasers, researchers can directly control a property of nuclei called spin, that can encode quantum information.
MIT engineers developed organic polymers that can efficiently convert signals from biological tissue into the electronic signals used in transistors.
With a grant from the Office of Naval Research, MIT researchers aim to design novel high-performance steels, with potential applications including printed aircraft components and ship hulls.