An engineering student expands her focus
For senior Danielle Grey-Stewart, a pivotal experience away from campus led to a new sense of purpose at MIT.
For senior Danielle Grey-Stewart, a pivotal experience away from campus led to a new sense of purpose at MIT.
Physicist and Martin Luther King Jr. Scholar is examining the optical properties of semimetals to understand how light interacts with quantum materials.
Researchers design an effective treatment for both exhaust and ambient air.
Study finds simple changes in road resurfacing practices could improve gas mileage for heavy vehicles and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
Technique paves the way for more energy efficient, 3D microprocessors.
Carbon nanotubes embedded in leaves detect chemical signals that are produced when a plant is damaged.
Monitoring the plant hormone ethylene could reveal when fruits and vegetables are about to spoil.
Carbon nanotube film produces aerospace-grade composites with no need for huge ovens or autoclaves.
The process could work on the gas at any concentrations, from power plant emissions to open air.
New technique could enable assembly of circuit boards and displays with more minute components.
Made from carbon nanotubes, the new coating is 10 times darker than other very black materials.
New approach harnesses the same fabrication processes used for silicon chips, offers key advance toward next-generation computers.
Shining light through household bleach creates fluorescent quantum defects in carbon nanotubes for quantum computing and biomedical imaging.
Study finds baking soda, detergent, and table salt — all rich in sodium — are effective catalysts.
Mechanical engineering researchers are inventing game-changing technologies and developing a renaissance in 3-D printing.