MIT Engineers Develop New Technique for Highly Conductive Graphene Wafers
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…
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…
By programming RNA nanoparticles, researchers from MIT have devised a new vaccine candidate for the Zika virus. The vaccine consists of strands of genetic material…
Using a self-assembly technique in which materials known as block copolymers are covered by a second polymer, scientists have found a long-awaited, simple method for…
A team of researchers from MIT has developed a way to make tumor cells more susceptible to certain types of cancer treatment by coating the…
A team of researchers has discovered a new way of using laser light to tune electronic energy levels in two-dimensional films of crystal. Faster, more…
By incorporating a laminated nanostructure into steel, a team of engineers has developed a way to give steel bone-like resistance to fracturing under repeated stress….
New research from Oak Ridge National Laboratory shows that blending nanoparticles and polymers enables dramatic improvements in the properties of polymer materials. Polymer nanocomposites mix…
A new study shows that electrons passing through a narrow constriction in a piece of metal can move much faster than expected, and that they…
New research from MIT reveals a practical way to introduce second-order nonlinearities into silicon photonics, showing that silicon can reproduce physical phenomena exploited by high-end…
A team of researchers has demonstrated, for the first time, that photo luminescent carbon nanoparticles can exhibit reversible switching of their optical properties in cancer…
A team of researchers has devised a way to rapidly test different nanoparticles to see where they go in the body, helping identify particles for…
By taking multiple images with an advanced electron microscope and using powerful reconstruction algorithms, researchers measured the coordinates of more than 23,000 atoms in a…
Researchers from MIT have developed a new model that could help scientists design materials for artificial photosynthesis. Plants and other photosynthetic organisms use a wide…
A team of engineers at MIT has successfully designed a new 3D material with five percent the density of steel and ten times the strength,…
A team of researchers has developed a “second skin” polymer that can provide a barrier, cosmetic improvement, and potentially deliver drugs. Scientists at MIT, Massachusetts…
Engineers at the University of Exeter have developed a new cheap and simple mass production technique for graphene. A team of engineers from Exeter’s Center…
Scientists at MIT have developed a new technique that reveals the inner details of photonic crystals, synthetic materials whose exotic optical properties are the subject…