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MIT’s Kavanaugh Fellowship: From invention to impact
Entrepreneurship and MIT have become a classic pairing, with a storyline that seems to write itself: A researcher develops a brilliant innovation in the lab, spins out a…
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,…
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…
AI helps design new materials that work in the real world
Today, anyone with a large enough artificial intelligence model can generate millions of new material designs in minutes. Unfortunately, that hasn’t led to a huge leap in the…
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…
MIT selected to lead new NSF materials research center
The National Science Foundation (NSF) has selected MIT to establish and lead a new Materials Research Science and Engineering Center (MRSEC) focused on materials technologies for medical imaging,…
A new way to watch heat move through electronics
The same overheating problem that happens to our laptops also plagues computer servers and data centers around the world — and heat management is only getting harder as…
Solving the solvent problem
Lithium-ion batteries are the leading choice in today’s electric vehicle and battery energy storage system industries, but they contain a number of critical minerals — including lithium, cobalt,…
Tiny infrared chip could improve detection of gases and heat
Infrared cameras can be used to spot useful information that our eyes can’t see, such as gases escaping from a pipeline, chemicals in the atmosphere, or heat leaking…
Discovery helps explain why solid-state batteries often fail
Next generation batteries that use new electrolyte materials could achieve far higher energy density than today’s lithium-ion batteries, without many of the safety concerns. But advanced batteries, such…