Why are comet heads green — but not their tails?
An accidental discovery and a love of spectroscopic perturbations leads to the solution of a 90-year-old puzzle.
An accidental discovery and a love of spectroscopic perturbations leads to the solution of a 90-year-old puzzle.
A new fabrication technique produces low-voltage, power-dense artificial muscles that improve the performance of flying microrobots.
Over 50 years at MIT, Dresselhaus made lasting contributions to materials science within the research group of longtime collaborator and wife, Mildred Dresselhaus.
The technology could be developed as a rapid diagnostic for Covid-19 or other emerging pathogens.
The Max Planck Society and Alexander von Humboldt Foundation honor the MIT physicist's work on two-dimensional quantum materials.
New property in an ultrathin cousin of graphene could allow for much denser computer memory.
MIT-led research team fashions graphene foam into device that can extract uranium and other heavy metals from tap water.
MIT spinoff Via Separations aims for industrial decarbonization with its durable graphene oxide membranes.
New findings might help inform the design of more powerful MRI machines or robust quantum computers.
A scattering-type scanning nearfield optical microscope offers advantages to researchers across many disciplines.
The new carbon-based material could be a basis for lighter, tougher alternatives to Kevlar and steel.
A new material made from carbon nanotubes can generate electricity by scavenging energy from its environment.
Work on three graphene-based devices may yield new insights into superconductivity.
A collaboration between MIT and CNRS has yielded a cement that conducts electricity and generates heat.
Discovery may offer clues to carbon’s role in planet and star formation.