Could we make cars out of petroleum residue?
A new way to make carbon fiber could turn refinery byproducts into high-value, ultralight structural materials for cars, aircraft, and spacecraft.
A new way to make carbon fiber could turn refinery byproducts into high-value, ultralight structural materials for cars, aircraft, and spacecraft.
A new approach enables architects to use discarded tree forks as load-bearing joints in their structures.
“Carbon Queen” explores how the Institute Professor transformed our understanding of the physical world and made science and engineering more accessible to all.
A new solution to beach-fouling seaweed, developed by MBA candidate Andrés Bisonó León and Luke Gray ’18, SM ’20, is designed to cut greenhouse gas emissions.
An accidental discovery and a love of spectroscopic perturbations leads to the solution of a 90-year-old puzzle.
With special treatment, minerals called zeolites — commonly found in cat litter — can efficiently remove the greenhouse gas from the air, researchers report.
Over 50 years at MIT, Dresselhaus made lasting contributions to materials science within the research group of longtime collaborator and wife, Mildred Dresselhaus.
Researchers observe a “warming bias” over the past 66 million years that may return if ice sheets disappear.
New findings might help inform the design of more powerful MRI machines or robust quantum computers.
The new carbon-based material could be a basis for lighter, tougher alternatives to Kevlar and steel.
Work on three graphene-based devices may yield new insights into superconductivity.
SuperUROP scholars apply deep learning to improve accuracy of climate models, profitably match computers in the cloud with customers, and more.
A collaboration between MIT and CNRS has yielded a cement that conducts electricity and generates heat.
Climate projections could be off by five years, researchers find.
Discovery may offer clues to carbon’s role in planet and star formation.