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3 Questions: Building more resilient minerals supply chains
Global development and prosperity have become increasingly dependent on minerals and metals. This growing dependence has drawn attention to the mining industry and underscored national economic and security…
DMSE to welcome new faculty member Manasa Kaniselvan
MIT’s Department of Materials Science and Engineering (DMSE) will welcome Manasa Kaniselvan as a new faculty member in July 2027. Kaniselvan develops and uses computational tools to understand…
Giving AI a “crystal clear” view of the materials world
In principle, artificial intelligence could make finding the right material for an application as simple as ordering dinner: Scientists would tell a large language model what they want,…
MIT remembers Thomas Rose, a brilliant researcher and generous colleague
More than 100 people filled the MIT Chapel on Sept. 24 to pay tribute to Assistant Professor Thomas Rose, the MIT archaeometallurgist who died last month following a…
Exploring electron microscopes as engineering tools
Research scientist Julian Klein and Professor Frances Ross spoke with Physics about an electron microscopy technique they developed to move atoms within a material, creating new possibilities for…
Iwnetim Abate to receive MRS award for renewable energy
The Materials Research Society has named MIT Assistant Professor Iwnetim Abate the recipient of the MRS Nelson “Buck” Robinson Science and Technology Award for Renewable Energy, recognizing his…
Building foundations that last
How do you build something that lasts? For MIT Assistant Professor Iwnetim “Tim” Abate, the answer is the same whether he’s reimagining how the materials beneath our feet…
Paving the way for greener ammonia production
Ammonia is one of the most important chemicals produced in the world, ranking second only to sulfuric acid in the total volume produced each year. It is used…
Q&A: Rethinking how innovation happens
“The Invisible Engine: Why Innovation Evades Control” examines how innovation unfolds in the real world — and how society should invest in it. Innovation is a concept that…
MIT researchers advance toward greater bandwidth, more energy-efficient communications
An MIT-led research program aimed at creating future microsystems capable of sustainably transmitting data with greater bandwidth and higher efficiency than is possible today has made several significant…