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3 Questions: Angela Belcher and Kristala Prather on the promise of energy bioscience

Wednesday, July 12, 2017 - 11:45am

The MIT Energy Initiative (MITEI) continues to develop and expand its eight Low-Carbon Energy Centers, which facilitate interdisciplinary collaboration among MIT researchers, industry, and government to advance research in technology areas critical to addressing climate change.

Converging on cancer at the nanoscale

Monday, July 10, 2017 - 2:15pm

This summer, the Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research at MIT marks the first anniversary of the launch of the Marble Center for Cancer Nanomedicine.

A new way of extracting copper

Thursday, June 29, 2017 - 10:30am

MIT researchers have identified the proper temperature and chemical mixture to selectively separate pure copper and other metallic trace elements from sulfur-based minerals using molten electrolysis.

Olivetti Group Publishes Paper in MURJ

Wednesday, June 28, 2017 - 10:15am

DMSE's Olivetti Group makes an appearance in MURJ, the MIT Undergraduate Research Journal, for a paper titled Assessing the Criticality of Germanium as a Byproduct. Pg. 40-42

School of Engineering awards for 2017

Thursday, June 22, 2017 - 12:00pm

Lorna Gibson, the Matoula S. Salapatas Professor of Materials Science and Engineering and a professor of mechanical engineering, won the Bose Award for Excellence in Teaching, given to a faculty member whose contributions have been characterized by dedication, care, and creativity.

Taking Materials to Extremes

Wednesday, June 21, 2017 - 11:00am

Lithium-air batteries are the Holy Grail in the worldwide quest for better batteries, because they can store energy at very high densities, at least in theory. On the downside, they suffer from high losses in energy conversion and other drawbacks.

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