4+ hour, 14+ min ago  (192+ words) A number of MIT affiliates were recently honored for their research by the Breakthrough Prize Foundation. J. Colin Hill "08 shared a New Horizons in Physics Prize with Dillon Brout, Mathew Madhavacheril, Maria Vincenzi, Daniel Scolnic, and W. L. Kimmy Wu for their results…...

5+ day, 9+ hour ago  (600+ words) With help from a novel cross-linking molecule, MIT chemists have shown they can substantially improve the ballistic impact resistance of common polymers, including polystyrene and a type of rubber used to make shoe soles. To make the polymer more resistant…...

4+ mon, 6+ day 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…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago  (657+ words) Among all of the possible chemical compounds, it's estimated that between 1020and 1060may hold potential as small-molecule drugs. Evaluating each of those compounds experimentally would be far too time-consuming for chemists. So, in recent years, researchers have begun using artificial intelligence to…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago  (291+ words) Oxygen is a cornerstone of chemistry, largely because it is so good at building the organic molecules that make up our world. Some oxygen-based compounds, called peroxides, are famous for being highly reactive " they act like oxygen delivery trucks, transferring…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago  (684+ words) It's been 37 years since scientists'first demonstrated the ability to move single atoms, suggesting the possibility of designing materials atom by atom to customize their properties. Today there are several techniques that allow researchers to move individual atoms in order to…...

1+ mon, 3+ week 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+ mon, 5+ day 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…...

2+ mon, 2+ week 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…...

2+ mon, 2+ week 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…...