MIT chemical engineers have devised a way to capture methane, a potent greenhouse gas, and convert it into polymers.

New framework advances experimental capabilities, including design and characterization, of microscale acoustic metamaterials.

New framework advances experimental capabilities, including design and characterization, of microscale acoustic metamaterials.

New work suggests the ability to create fractionalized electrons known as non-Abelian anyons without a magnetic field, opening new possibilities for basic research and future applications.

New work suggests the ability to create fractionalized electrons known as non-Abelian anyons without a magnetic field, opening new possibilities for basic research and future applications.

Progress on the energy transition depends on collective action benefiting all stakeholders, agreed participants in MITEI’s annual research conference.

Members of MIT’s School of Engineering were honored in recognition of their scholarship, service, and overall excellence in the summer of 2024.

The startup SiPhox, founded by two former MIT researchers, has developed an integrated photonic chip for high-quality, home-based blood testing.

The startup SiPhox, founded by two former MIT researchers, has developed an integrated photonic chip for high-quality, home-based blood testing.

A new electrode design boosts the efficiency of electrochemical reactions that turn carbon dioxide into ethylene and other products.

A new electrode design boosts the efficiency of electrochemical reactions that turn carbon dioxide into ethylene and other products.

An AI method developed by Professor Markus Buehler finds hidden links between science and art to suggest novel materials.

At MIT, Keselman is a lecturer, executive director, managing director, and innovator. Additionally, he is a colonel in the Air Force Reserves, board director, and startup leader.

Phoenix Tailings, co-founded by MIT alumni, is creating domestic supply chains for rare earth metals, key to the clean energy transition.

Researchers are leveraging quantum mechanical properties to overcome the limits of silicon semiconductor technology.

Researchers are leveraging quantum mechanical properties to overcome the limits of silicon semiconductor technology.

As he invents programmable materials and self-organizing systems, Skylar Tibbits is pushing design boundaries while also solving real-world problems.

Extraction of nickel, an essential component of clean energy technologies, needs stronger policies to protect local environments and communities, MIT researchers say.

By snugly wrapping around neurons, these devices could help scientists probe subcellular regions of the brain, and might even help restore some brain function.

National Science Foundation grant expected to help New England researchers translate discoveries to commercial technology.

By emulating a magnetic field on a superconducting quantum computer, researchers can probe complex properties of materials.

The new Tayebati Postdoctoral Fellowship Program will support leading postdocs to bring cutting-edge AI to bear on research in scientific discovery or music.

Through exploration in her lab, Technical Instructor Rhea Vedro helps students discover the power of working with their own hands.

Two faculty, a graduate student, and 10 additional alumni receive top awards and prizes; four faculty, one senior researcher, and seven alumni named APS Fellows.

Associate professor of physics Riccardo Comin never stops seeking uncharted territory.

By fabricating semiconductor-free logic gates, which can be used to perform computation, researchers hope to streamline the manufacture of electronics.

By fabricating semiconductor-free logic gates, which can be used to perform computation, researchers hope to streamline the manufacture of electronics.

The devices could be a useful tool for biomedical research, and possible clinical use in the future.

The devices could be a useful tool for biomedical research, and possible clinical use in the future.

Labs that can’t afford expensive super-resolution microscopes could use a new expansion technique to image nanoscale structures inside cells.

A new study of bubbles on electrode surfaces could help improve the efficiency of electrochemical processes that produce fuels, chemicals, and materials.

A new study of bubbles on electrode surfaces could help improve the efficiency of electrochemical processes that produce fuels, chemicals, and materials.

MIT’s innovation and entrepreneurship system helps launch water, food, and ag startups with social and economic benefits.

MIT and Lincoln Laboratory are among awardees of $38 million in project awards to the Northeast Microelectronics Coalition to boost U.S. chip technology innovation.

MIT researchers find that the first dose primes the immune system, helping it to generate a strong response to the second dose, a week later.

A summer class teaches PhD students and early-career archaeologists ceramic petrography, revealing the origins and production methods of past societies.

By analyzing X-ray crystallography data, the model could help researchers develop new materials for many applications, including batteries and magnets.

MIT startup AeroShield has opened a new facility for manufacturing highly insulating windows that will reduce building energy use and cut carbon emissions.

New STUDIO.nano supports artistic research and encounters within MIT.nano’s facilities.

For Sarah Sterling, the new director of the Cryo-Electron Microscopy facility at MIT.nano, better planning and more communication leads to better science.

Physicists capture images of ultracold atoms flowing freely, without friction, in an exotic “edge state.”

Lightwave electronics aim to integrate optical and electronic systems at incredibly high speeds, leveraging the ultrafast oscillations of light fields.

A new family of integrated rock salt-polyanion cathodes opens door to low-cost, high-energy storage.

A new family of integrated rock salt-polyanion cathodes opens door to low-cost, high-energy storage.

Rising senior and Army ROTC cadet Alexander Edwards and Aneal Krishnan ’02 discuss a new UROP fellowship with the Institute for Soldier Nanotechnologies.

MIT researchers have found a way to make structural materials last longer under the harsh conditions inside a fusion reactor.

MIT researchers have found a way to make structural materials last longer under the harsh conditions inside a fusion reactor.

Ortiz is an internationally recognized researcher in biotechnology and biomaterials, advanced and additive manufacturing, and sustainable and socially-directed materials design.

An MIT-led group shows how to achieve precise control over the properties of Weyl semimetals and other exotic substances.

Sublime Systems, founded by Professor Yet-Ming Chiang and former postdoc Leah Ellis, has developed a sustainable way to make one of the world’s most common materials.