Materials science

Liquid battery big enough for the electric grid?Professor Donald Sadoway’s research in energy storage could help speed the development of renewable energy.

New methods are changing old materialsComputational approach to materials science could bring new properties even to familiar substances such as concrete and steel

Energy researchers find Obama an eager studentIn the President's visit to MIT labs he showed keen interest, quick understanding and warm appreciation, say his hosts

Physicist wins Packard FellowshipPablo Jarillo-Herrero will use the unrestricted funding to study materials that follow unusual rules of physics.

Fuel cells get a boostCreating tiny steps to electrode surfaces can double the efficiency of the emissions-free electricity sources, MIT researchers find.

Energy savings in black and whiteMIT students develop concept for color-changing roof tiles that absorb heat in winter, reflect it in summer.

Harnessing nanopatternsNew findings show that tiny textures on a surface can produce big differences in how some materials, and even living cells, behave

Two chips in one MIT team finds a way to combine materials for semiconductor manufacture. The advance helps address the limitations of conventional silicon microprocessors.

Tiny rifts create fragility of brittle bone disease

MIT team aims to tailor surgical glues for specific applicationsResearchers look to match material to tissue properties

A fabric with visionResearchers create flexible lensless camera from web of light-detecting fibers

A new approach to engineering for extreme environmentsScientist creates model to design radiation-resistant materials

Finishing touches: New alloys offer alternative to chrome

Ancient trading raft sails anewFaithful copy of pre-Columbian vessel tested on Charles

Implantable device offers continuous cancer monitoringNew device could track tumor's growth

New tissue scaffold regrows cartilage and boneWork could help heal sports injuries, arthritis

MITEI awards third round of seed grants

Spinning at the nanoscaleElectrospun fibers could be used for protective clothing, wearable power and more

A material for all seasonsMIT teams finding many uses for graphene, the newest form of carbon

Targeting tumors using tiny gold particlesGold nanorods could detect, treat cancer

New virus-built battery could power cars, electronic devices

New material could lead to faster chipsGraphene may solve communications speed limit