In it for the long run
When Millie Dresselhaus won the prestigious Kavli Award last year, she put her money where her career has been.
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Materials Science and Engineering
Improved nuclear fuel-rod cladding might prevent future Fukushimas
A substitute for traditional zircaloy could greatly reduce the danger of hydrogen explosions.
Finding the keys to boiling heat transfer
Understanding the properties that control surface dissipation of heat could lead to improved power plants and electronics with high heat-transfer rates.
Solar power heads in a new direction: thinner
Atom-thick photovoltaic sheets could pack hundreds of times more power per weight than conventional solar cells.
Surprising turns in magnetic thin films could lead to better data storage
MIT researchers discover efficient control of magnetism in chiral ferromagnets.
Holding the salt
MIT graduate student David Cohen-Tanugi works to improve water filtration, desalination.
NSE’s Ballinger appointed to NRC committee
Ronald Ballinger named to Nuclear Regulatory Commission's Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards
Angela Belcher wins $500,000 Lemelson-MIT Prize
MIT professor honored for her innovations that take cues, and materials, from nature to tackle key societal issues.
An electrical switch for magnetism
MIT researchers develop a new approach to controlling the motion of magnetic domains; work could lead to low-power computer memory.
Solving a semiconductor riddle
New observations of material disprove leading theory about LED brightness, opening new avenues for research.
Research update: Team observes real-time charging of a lithium-air battery
Imaging reveals what happens during charging; could lead to improved batteries for electric cars.
One order of steel; hold the greenhouse gases
Steelmaking, a major emitter of climate-altering gases, could be transformed by a new process developed at MIT.