New plant-derived composite is tough as bone and hard as aluminum
The material could pave the way for sustainable plastics.
The material could pave the way for sustainable plastics.
National Science Foundation award will allow the VELION FIB-SEM to become a permanent instrument in MIT.nano’s characterization facility.
With many devices depending on the motion of ions, light could be used as a switch to turn ion motion on and off.
The advanced research and prototyping facility will yield complex, integrated microelectronic components to enable scientific discovery and solve national security challenges.
Among adults who vary in their knowledge of number words, the ability to reason about numbers is bound by the highest number they can count to.
Thermal span in a layered compound promises applications in next-generation electrical switches and nonvolatile memory.
Geophysicists Camilla Cattania and William Frank team up to explore the tectonics and fault mechanics behind earthquakes, and their associated hazards.
The technique can help predict a cell’s path over time, such as what type of cell it will become.
Through MIT’s Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program, students explore research topics relevant to their own interests, the MCSC, and member companies.
Collaboration with Federal Reserve Bank of Boston yields progress in understanding how a digital currency might be developed in the future.
MIT biologists drilled down into how proteins recognize and bind to one another, informing drug treatments for cancer.
The sticky patch could be quickly applied to repair gut leaks and tears.
The new substance is the result of a feat thought to be impossible: polymerizing a material in two dimensions.
Assistant Professor Marzyeh Ghassemi explores how hidden biases in medical data could compromise artificial intelligence approaches.
A computational study shows that dozens of mutations help the virus’ spike protein evade antibodies that target SARS-CoV-2.