MIT engineers print synthetic “metamaterials” that are both strong and stretchy
A new method could enable stretchable ceramics, glass, and metals, for tear-proof textiles or stretchy semiconductors.
Bridging Earth and space, and art and science, with global voices
Professor Craig Carter’s precision design for a student-led project now on the moon encodes messages from around the world on a silicon wafer.
The human body, its movement, and music
Connected by the MIT Human Insight Collaborative, Lecturer Mi-Eun Kim and Research Scientist Praneeth Namburi want to develop an understanding of musical expression and skill development.
Tabletop factory-in-a-box makes hands-on manufacturing education more accessible
Inaugural cohort of Tecnológico de Monterrey undergraduates participate in immersive practicum at MIT featuring desktop fiber-extrusion devices, or FrEDs.
Artificial muscle flexes in multiple directions, offering a path to soft, wiggly robots
MIT engineers developed a way to grow artificial tissues that look and act like their natural counterparts.
Collaborating to advance research and innovation on essential chips for AI
Agreement between MIT Microsystems Technology Laboratories and GlobalFoundries aims to deliver power efficiencies for data centers and ultra-low power consumption for intelligent devices at the edge.
MIT physicists find unexpected crystals of electrons in an ultrathin material
Rhombohedral graphene reveals new exotic interacting electron states.
Physicists measure a key aspect of superconductivity in “magic-angle” graphene
By determining how readily electron pairs flow through this material, scientists have taken a big step toward understanding its remarkable properties.
Physicists discover — and explain — unexpected magnetism in an atomically thin material
The work introduces a new platform for studying quantum materials.
New START.nano cohort is developing solutions in health, data storage, power, and sustainable energy
With seven new startups, MIT.nano's program for hard-tech ventures expands to more than 20 companies.
For clean ammonia, MIT engineers propose going underground
Using the Earth itself as a chemical reactor could reduce the need for fossil-fuel-powered chemical plants.
At MIT, Clare Grey stresses battery development to electrify the planet
In her 2024 Dresselhaus Lecture, the Cambridge University professor of chemistry describes her work making batteries more reliable and sustainable.
Tiny, wireless antennas use light to monitor cellular communication
As part of a high-resolution biosensing device without wires, the antennas could help researchers decode intricate electrical signals sent by cells.
A new catalyst can turn methane into something useful
MIT chemical engineers have devised a way to capture methane, a potent greenhouse gas, and convert it into polymers.
Tunable ultrasound propagation in microscale metamaterials
New framework advances experimental capabilities, including design and characterization, of microscale acoustic metamaterials.