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2020 and 2021 DMSE grads return for ceremony and celebration

June 8, 2022

Their commencement exercises forced online because of the pandemic, alumni join their peers at MIT for in-person festivities.

Liquid metal batteries make Sadoway finalist for European award

May 26, 2022

Work could enable long-term storage of renewable energy.

New research center focused on brain-body relationship established at MIT

May 25, 2022

K. Lisa Yang Brain-Body Center to investigate the brain’s complex relationship with other body systems.

MIT Climate and Sustainability Consortium announces recipients of inaugural MCSC Seed Awards

May 23, 2022

Twenty winning projects will link industry member priorities with research groups across campus to develop scalable climate solutions.

Researchers unveil a secret of stronger metals

May 20, 2022

Study shows what happens when crystalline grains in metals reform at nanometer scales, improving metal properties.

Roche, Anikeeva, and Dagdeviren named MIT Future Founders prize winners

May 18, 2022

The inaugural competition announces its grand prize winner, Ellen Roche, and runners-up Polina Anikeeva and Canan Dagdeviren.

Is it neuroscience? Chemistry? Art? Wulff Lecture shows versatility, diversity in materials science

May 13, 2022

Professor Polina Anikeeva’s innovation in the treatment of neurological disorders highlights the interdisciplinary nature of her field.

Ultrathin fuel cell uses the body’s own sugar to generate electricity

May 12, 2022

Engineers have developed a glucose power source that could fuel miniature implants and sensors.

No one-size-fits-all approach for mentorship

May 4, 2022

Committed to Caring honoree Jeff Grossman strives to provide each of his students with personalized advising.

Team creates map for production of eco-friendly metals

May 2, 2022

Work by MIT and SLAC researchers could become important design tool for others.

Selective separation could help alleviate critical metals shortage

January 4, 2022

A new way of processing rare-earth and other key metals to separate them from other materials could reduce environmental impact and cost.

Flexible fiber battery

January 4, 2022

The rechargeable battery can be woven and washed, and could provide power for fiber-based electronic devices and sensors.

Announcing our new DEI Specialist

November 15, 2021

We are pleased to welcome Christelle Hayles, DEI Specialist!

Alloy Design Workshop 2021

November 5, 2021

5th Alloy Design workshop, Dec. 3rd, 2021, “Exploring design guidelines for superior titanium alloys”

Engineers report a major advance in creating a new family of semiconductor materials

November 5, 2021

Ultrastable and made of inexpensive, nontoxic elements, chalcogenide perovskites could find applications in solar cells, lighting, and more.

Bilge Yıldız named American Physical Society Fellows for 2021

October 18, 2021

Congratulations to Prof. Yildiz!

NIH Director's award

October 12, 2021

Prof. Anikeeva receives NIH Pioneer Award

Through UROPs, Students Explore Topics in Sustainability

September 25, 2021

Course 3 student Louise Anderfaas participated in a climate UROP.

A new way to control magnets

September 24, 2021

Reversible system can flip the magnetic orientation of particles with a small voltage; could lead to faster data storage and smaller sensors.

Professor Olivetti to join Climate Nucleus

September 21, 2021

MIT Appoints Members Of New Faculty Committee To Drive Climate Action Plan

High-throughput simulations to understand and control phase selectivity in zeolite crystallization

September 16, 2021

Zeolites are widely used in many industrial applications, but despite decades of research, their synthesis still relies on trial-and-error approaches. This paper proposes a method to select for and control this process.

Making catalytic surfaces more active to help decarbonize fuels and chemicals

September 7, 2021

A new approach increases the efficiency of chemical reactions that are key to many industrial processes.

Using adversarial attacks to refine molecular energy predictions

September 1, 2021

MIT researchers find a new way to quantify the uncertainty in molecular energies predicted by neural networks.

In the media: Washington Post op-ed on batteries

August 20, 2021

Opinion: Iron-air batteries: Huge green-energy breakthrough, or just a lot of hype?

MIT and Ericsson sign agreement

August 20, 2021

MIT and Ericsson enter collaboration agreements to research the next generation of mobile networks