Research and industry partnership helps forge 21st century metallurgy
At 12 years old, Gideon Crawford was making knives in the family basement, and now, as a Virginia Tech senior in the Department of...
Uncovering the Secret of Ternary Polymer Solar Cell Success
A University of Tsukuba and Hiroshima University team takes a close look at a ternary polymer solar cell in operation to see why the...
Hidden Distortions Trigger Promising Thermoelectric Property
UPTON, NY—In a world of materials that normally expand upon heating, one that shrinks along one 3D axis while expanding along another stands out....
Making Hydropower Plants More Sustainable
Natel Energy, founded by sibling MIT alumni, is deploying hydropower systems with fish-safe turbines and other features that mimic natural river conditions.
Zach Winn | MIT News...
AI Tackles the Challenge of Materials Structure Prediction
by University of Cambridge
Researchers have designed a machine learning method that can predict the structure of new materials with five times the efficiency of the...
Living LEGOs
Mathematical modeling speeds up the process of programming bacterial systems to self-assemble into desired 2D shapes.
Sandi Miller | Department of Mathematics
Living LEGOs: LEGO blocks can be...
New Animal Inspired Lightweight Designs
By Rachel Crowell
The animals could inspire the creation of strong, but lightweight new materials
Sea urchin skeletons may owe some of their strength to a common...
Manufacturing Metal-Organic Framework-Based Composites for Efficiency
By Michelle Revels
Manufacturing Metal-Organic Framework-Based Composites for Efficiency: Dr. Qingsheng Wang, associate professor and George Armistead ‘23 Faculty Fellow in the Artie McFerrin Department...
Mimicking Termites to Generate New Materials
by Ben Peltz, California Institute of Technology
Mimicking Termites to Generate New Materials: Inspired by the way termites build their nests, researchers at Caltech have developed...
Researchers Engineer Novel Material Capable of ‘Thinking’
Penn State-led collaboration builds on decades-old research to engineer advanced material
Researchers Engineer Novel Material Capable of ‘Thinking’: UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Someone taps your...
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