Engineers Develop Flexible and Stretchable Photonic Devices
Engineers at MIT have developed a new material that can be repeatedly stretched and flexed without losing its optical properties. Researchers at MIT and several…
Engineers at MIT have developed a new material that can be repeatedly stretched and flexed without losing its optical properties. Researchers at MIT and several…
Using a new artificial-intelligence system that would pore through research papers to deduce “recipes” for producing particular materials, scientists hope to close the materials-science automation…
Scientists have now observed a remarkable mechanism by which polymer materials are formed. Under the influence of shear forces, nanoparticles from the secretion of velvet…
Researchers from MIT show that a newly discovered kind of magnetic behavior holds great promise as a way of storing data — one that could…
A team of scientists reveals how graphene, a single-atom-thin layer of carbon, can be forged into three-dimensional objects by using laser light. Researchers from Finland…
A team of researchers has made the first demonstration of a solid state cooling device based on the electrocaloric effect. This thin flexible device that…
New research details how an electrocatalyst made up of copper nanoparticles provides the conditions necessary to break down carbon dioxide to form ethylene, ethanol, and…
A newly published study details how defects in metal oxides may be key to their performance for a variety of high-tech applications. Sometimes things that…
A team of engineers has developed a new microfluidic device uses acoustics to quickly analyze blood for signatures of cancer and other diseases. Cells secrete…
A team of engineers has developed a new approach to ultrafast light pulses that could be used for rapid light-based communications systems. Two-dimensional materials called…
Engineers from MIT have developed a new method to produce printable structures that begin to fold up as soon as they are peeled off the…
Researchers from MIT have discovered a surprising new twist to the mechanics involved when droplets come in contact with surfaces, allowing them to enhance or…
In a newly published study, biomolecular engineers and doctors demonstrated a therapeutic material that could one day promote better tissue regeneration following a wound or…
A team of researchers has developed a quantum sensor that makes it possible to use nuclear magnetic resonance scanning to investigate the structure of individual…
Using graphene, researchers from MIT have developed a dialysis membrane material that can filter nanometer-sized molecules at 10 to 100 times the rate of commercial…
A team of engineers at MIT have found a new strategy for reducing the number of loops in a polymer. The method could offer an…
By using an adhesive-like layer of nickel to peel graphene from silicon carbide, engineers at MIT have developed a technique to produce highly conductive wrinkle-free…
Scientists at MIT have developed a rubber-like fiber that could be used to study spinal cord neurons and potentially restore function. Implantable fibers have been…