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...
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...
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...
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...
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....
New Ultrathin Film can Autonomously Switch from Dark to Light
Researchers from KAIST created an optical film technology that allows smart windows to autonomously switch between being transparent and opaque in response to light...
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...
New Lightweight Material is Stronger than Steel
The new substance is the result of a feat thought to be impossible: polymerizing a material in two dimensions.
Using a novel polymerization process, MIT...
Cladding Solutions – Moisture Resistant Wall Panels from Interstate Plastics
Interstate Plastics now offers UtiLite™, a rot, corrosion, and moisture-resistant decorative interlocking wall and ceiling panel.
Commercial kitchens are high traffic areas: the risk of...
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