A New Concept for Low Cost Batteries
Made from inexpensive, abundant materials, an aluminum-sulfur battery could provide low-cost backup storage for renewable energy sources.
David L. Chandler | MIT News Office
A New Concept for...
Hidden Nanostructures in Cells and Tissues
Separating densely packed molecules before imaging allows them to become visible for the first time.
Anne Trafton | MIT News Office
Hidden Nanostructures in Cells and Tissues: Inside...
Create Blue Light from a Promising Material
by Kathleen Haughney, Florida State University
Create Blue Light from a Promising Material: A Florida State University research team has developed a new way to create...
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...
Molecular Simulations to Study Self-Assembling ‘Associating Polymers’
by Kaitlyn Landram, Carnegie Mellon University Materials Science and Engineering
Molecular Simulations to Study Self-Assembling 'Associating Polymers': When plastic materials are processed or recycled, their fundamental...
Tokyo Creates Inexpensive Catalyst Efficient Carbon Dioxide Reduction
A novel coordination polymer-based photocatalyst for CO2 reduction exhibits unprecedented performance, giving scientists at Tokyo Tech hope in the fight against global warming. Made from...
New Method for Recycling Polystyrene
New Method for Recycling Polystyrene: Ocean trash and overflowing landfills have drawn widespread attention to the plastic waste that we put into our environment....
Wooden Furniture Arrives Flat, then Dry’s into a 3D Shape
Wooden Furniture Arrives Flat, then Dry's into a 3D Shape: Wooden objects are usually made by sawing, carving, bending or pressing. That’s so old...
Building Better Batteries, Faster
PhD student Pablo Leon uses machine learning to expedite research on novel battery materials, while helping newer students navigate graduate school.
Rachel Yang | MIT News correspondent
Building...
Japanese Resin Makers Collaborate Biomass-Derived Polycarbonate
Mitsui Chemicals will supply biomass-derived BPA to Teijin, which will use it to produce biomass polycarbonate resin.
Japanese Resin Makers Collaborate Biomass-Derived Polycarbonate: Mitsui Chemicals Inc....