3+ hour, 10+ min ago  (532+ words) Michael Laub was named a 2025 AAAS Fellow for distinguished contributions to the field of bacterial information processing, particularly to the understanding of coevolution of host-pathogen response and immunity....

2+ week, 17+ hour ago  (732+ words) Hydrogen sits at the center of some of the world's most important industrial processes, but its production still comes with a heavy environmental cost. Today, most hydrogen is produced through high-emissions processes like steam methane reforming and coal gasification. But…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago  (882+ words) Methane is a powerful greenhouse gas that is second only to carbon dioxide in driving up global temperatures. But it doesn't linger in the atmosphere for long thanks to molecules called hydroxyl radicals, which are known as the "atmosphere's detergent…...

4+ week, 2+ hour ago  (661+ words) Could a three-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 in late January, about a dozen students explored that possibility during an Independent…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (227+ words) What is X-ray diffraction? A closer, clearer look Replacing two older systems, the Bruker D8 Discover Plus introduces the latest in X-ray diffraction technology to MIT. nano, along with several major upgrades for the Characterization. nano facility. One key feature is…...

2+ mon, 4+ hour ago  (228+ words) Seven MIT researchers are among the 130 new members and 28 international members recently elected to the'National Academy of Engineering'(NAE) for 2026. Twelve additional MIT alumni were also elected as new members. The seven MIT electees this year include: Piotr'Indyk, the Thomas…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago  (731+ words) Most materials have an inherent capacity to handle heat. Plastic, for instance, is typically a poor thermal conductor, whereas materials like marble move heat more efficiently. If you were to place one hand on a marble countertop and the other…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago  (770+ words) Oxygen is a vital and constant presence on Earth today. But that hasn't always been the case. It wasn't until around 2. 3 billion years ago that oxygen became a permanent fixture in the atmosphere, during a pivotal period known as the…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago  (386+ words) Metamaterials " materials whose properties are primarily dictated by their internal'microstructure, and not their chemical makeup " have been redefining the engineering'materials space for the last decade.'To date, however, most metamaterials have been lightweight options designed for stiffness and strength. New…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago  (738+ words) Generative artificial intelligence models have been used to create enormous libraries of theoretical materials that could help solve all kinds of problems. Now, scientists just have to figure out how to make them. In many cases, materials synthesis is not…...