The hidden structure behind a widely used class of materials

...t professor at the Korea advanced Institute of Science and Technology; Jiahao Zhang, a former PhD student at the University of Pennsylvania; Lane W. Martin, a professor at Rice Univer…

MIT faculty, alumni receive 2025-26 American Physical Society honors

...stems. His work has also advanced the theoretical understanding of disordered materials, soft matter such as polymers and gels, and fluctuation-induced forces — including Casimir fo…

Lasers, robots, action: MIT workshop explores Raman spectroscopy

...hree-hour workshop on an advanced materials analysis technique turn someone into a detective—or perhaps an art restorer?At MIT’s Center for Bits and Atoms (CBA) in late January, a…

What Emerges When Soft Matter Is Pushed Away From Equilibrium?

...the power of integrating advanced electron microscopy with controlled energy inputs to study nonequilibrium materials at molecular resolution.  About the Speaker Joe Patterson…

Frances Ross is elected to the National Academy of Engineering

...ice, or education” and advanced emerging areas of technology, according to a statement released Tuesday.“Professor Ross’s development of ultra-high-vacuum and liquid cell TEM ap…

C. Cem Tasan promoted to full professor

...ropy alloys, a family of advanced materials known for their strength and durability.“Professor Tasan is a leader in in situ mechanical characterization approaches for structural mat…

Soft and Flexible Brain-Computer Interfaces

...isorders, and developing advanced neuroprosthetics. A major challenge in the field is achieving simultaneous, large-scale, stable recording of neural activity with single-cell resolut…

Rethinking Semiconductor Device Design, From the Atoms Up

...als can be combined with advanced non-equilibrium transport solvers to model the flow of electrical current across complex interfaces, through statistical distributions of disordered…

A new lens on humanity

...f the projects they’ve advanced this past year with support from the presidential initiative. In opening remarks, MIT President Sally Kornbluth noted the “incredible range of op…

MIT researchers crack secrets of proton movement in metal oxides with new model

A number of advanced energy technologies — including fuel cells, electrolyzers, and an emerging class of low-power electronics — use protons as the key charge carrier…