DMSE News

Elsa Olivetti named one of the 2021 Margaret MacVicar Fellows

March 11, 2021

Prof. Elsa Olivetti has been named one of the 2021 MacVicar Fellows.

3 Questions: Designing systems for sustainable materials ecologies

February 22, 2021

Prof. Elsa Olivetti shares how her early excitement around sustainability issues brought her to study "things" and the systems that move, modify, and proliferate materials around the world.

Boosting the efficiency of carbon capture and conversion systems

January 28, 2021

New design could speed reaction rates in electrochemical systems for pulling carbon out of power plant emissions.

Researchers construct molecular nanofibers that are stronger than steel

January 25, 2021

Researchers have designed small molecules that spontaneously form nanoribbons when water is added. These molecules include a Kevlar-inspired “aramid” domain in their design, which fixes each molecule in place and leads to nanoribbons that are stronger than steel.

Controlling drug activity with light

January 5, 2021

New diagnostic tool can detect scarred or fatty liver tissue

December 3, 2020

Danielle Grey-Stewart named 2021 Rhodes Scholar

November 24, 2020

3.024: Teaching with comics

November 24, 2020

Researchers develop new gelatin microcarrier for cell production

November 17, 2020

System inspired by camel fur harnesses evaporation to keep items cool

November 16, 2020

DMSE researchers use physics technology to develop rapid COVID-19 test

November 9, 2020

Turning diamond into metal

October 20, 2020

Online MIT Great Glass Pumpkin Patch

October 15, 2020

DMSE to join CSE PhD program

October 1, 2020

Intra-CREATE grants awarded to support research on personalized medicine and cell therapy

October 1, 2020

2020 Kavanaugh Fellows Competition is open

September 3, 2020

The Kavanaugh Fellowship provides support to technical scholars to broaden their skills in support of commercial translation and entrepreneurship. Aimed at graduate students and postdocs already expert in materials-based technology, the fellowship provides unencumbered time and mentoring as they prepare to launch new innovations in the marketplace.