Spin designers
Caroline Ross and Geoffrey Beach are studying how the “spin” of electrons on nanomagnets could be manipulated to create faster, more energy-efficient computers.
Caroline Ross and Geoffrey Beach are studying how the “spin” of electrons on nanomagnets could be manipulated to create faster, more energy-efficient computers.
Diversity of sources and sustainable production methods are needed to meet world potassium fertilizer demand.
Materials Day Symposium highlights breakthroughs in simulation methods, manufacturing techniques, and improved alloys.
MIT graduate student Zack Cordero deforms and compacts chromium-tungsten powders to create stronger metals with nanoscale microstructure.
Xtalic focuses on gold substitute, aluminum products following success with connector coatings.
Technique could let a small electrical signal change materials’ electrical, thermal, and optical characteristics.
Five innovative, high-risk projects launch with support from Prof. Amar G. Bose Research Grants.
Grad student Chi Lu and colleagues demonstrate a highly flexible polymer probe for triggering spinal-cord neurons with light and simultaneously recording their activity.
Silvija Gradečak’s nanoscale work creates big-scale results that could transform energy production, storage, and lighting.
Metallurgist pushes grain boundaries: Nanostructured metal alloys deliver tougher materials, lower costs, and safer outcomes.
Engineer studies materials' role in manufacturing and infrastructure.
MIT postdoctoral associate Mostafa Youssef and graduate student Aravind Krishnamoorthy tackle different aspects of the problem at atomic scale.
New approach could kill tumor cells in the brain more effectively and avoid side effects.
Sales at the annual Great Glass Pumpkin Patch cover the yearly expenses of the MIT Glass Lab.
Technology could provide a way to deliver probes or drugs to cell structures without outside guidance.