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Researchers from the Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology (SMART), MIT’s research enterprise in Singapore, have identified a critical
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Forming metal into the shapes needed for various purposes can be done in many ways, including casting, machining, rolling, and forging. These
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What will it take to make our electronics smarter, faster, and more resilient? One idea is to build them from materials that are
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What will it take to make our electronics smarter, faster, and more resilient? One idea is to build them from materials that are
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A pivotal moment in Polina Anikeeva’s career was when she looked at an MRI scan of Parkinson’s disease patient, about a decade ago. Now professor
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Glucose is the sugar we absorb from the foods we eat. It is the fuel that powers every cell in our bodies. Could glucose also power tomorrow’s
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Reducing the use of fossil fuels will have unintended consequences for the power-generation industry and beyond. For example, many industrial
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Tackling the climate crisis is central to MIT. Critical to this mission is harnessing the innovation, passion, and expertise of MIT’s talented
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Photonics — the science of guiding and manipulating light — enables applications ranging from telecommunications, artificial intelligence, and
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When you twist open an Oreo cookie to get to the creamy center, you’re mimicking a standard test in rheology — the study of how a non-Newtonian
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Perovskites are a family of materials that are currently the leading contender to potentially replace today’s silicon-based solar photovoltaics.
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Engineers at MIT and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) have designed a heat engine with no moving parts. Their new demonstrations show
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Engineers at MIT and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) have designed a heat engine with no moving parts. Their new demonstrations show
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When Sophia Mittman was 10 years old, she wanted to be an artist. But instead of using paint, she preferred the mud in her backyard. She sculpted it
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Chemical engineers and materials scientists are constantly looking for the next revolutionary material, chemical, and drug. The rise of