5+ hour, 52+ min 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…...

3+ day, 9+ 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…...

1+ week, 4+ day 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+ week, 22+ hour 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+ week, 2+ day 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+ week, 4+ 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…...

3+ week, 22+ hour ago  (900+ words) The modern world runs on chemicals and fuels that require a huge amount of energy to produce: Industrial chemical separation accounts for 10 to 15 percent of the world's total energy consumption. That's because most separations today rely on heat to boil…...

4+ week, 5+ hour ago  (263+ words) Pablo Jarillo-Herrero, the Cecil and Ida Green Professor of Physics at MIT, has won the 2025 BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award in Basic Sciences for "discoveries concerning the "magic angle" that allows the behavior of new materials to be transformed…...

1+ mon, 6+ hour ago  (556+ words) New "MorphoChrome" software from MIT helps users create iridescent designs that can be applied to everyday items using a handheld device. The hardware "paints" with multi-color light onto holographic film, which can be applied to 3D-printed objects or flexible substrates....

2+ mon, 5+ day ago  (231+ words) Q: What drew you to research microbes in extreme environments, and what are the challenges in studying them?" Q: Given how diverse microbes are and how little we understand about them, how can studying microbes in silico, using genomic language modeling, advance…...