Study of disordered rock salts leads to battery breakthrough
A new family of integrated rock salt-polyanion cathodes opens door to low-cost, high-energy storage.
More durable metals for fusion power reactors
MIT researchers have found a way to make structural materials last longer under the harsh conditions inside a fusion reactor.
MIT engineers design tiny batteries for powering cell-sized robots
These zinc-air batteries, smaller than a grain of sand, could help miniscule robots sense and respond to their environment.
Physicists report new insights into exotic particles key to magnetism
The work on excitons, originating from ultrathin materials, could impact future electronics and establishes a new way to study these particles through a powerful instrument at the Brookhaven National Laboratory.
Turning up the heat on next-generation semiconductors
Research sheds light on the properties of novel materials that could be used in electronics operating in extremely hot environments.
H2 underground
At the 2024 MIT Energy Iniative Spring Symposium, experts weighed whether hydrogen stored in the earth might be a practical energy source of the future.
Seizing solar’s bright future
With laser-based precision tools for measuring and tuning materials, MIT spinout Optigon aims to rev up the energy transition.
MIT scientists tune the entanglement structure in an array of qubits
The advance offers a way to characterize a fundamental resource needed for quantum computing.
A new way to detect radiation involving cheap ceramics
Work by MIT engineers could lead to plethora of new applications, including better detectors for nuclear materials at ports.
With inspiration from “Tetris,” MIT researchers develop a better radiation detector
The device, based on simple tetromino shapes, could determine the direction and distance of a radiation source, with fewer detector pixels.
Extracting hydrogen from rocks
Iwnetim Abate aims to stimulate natural hydrogen production underground, potentially unearthing a new path to a cheap, carbon-free energy source.
With just a little electricity, MIT researchers boost common catalytic reactions
Applying a small voltage to a catalyst can increase the rates of reactions used in petrochemical processing, pharmaceutical manufacture, and many other processes.
Researchers discover new channels to excite magnetic waves with terahertz light
The finding provides new insights into the ultrafast control of magnetic materials, with potential to enable next-generation information processing technologies.
Researchers safely integrate fragile 2D materials into devices
The advance opens a path to next-generation devices with unique optical and electronic properties.
MIT’s Science Policy Initiative holds 13th annual Executive Visit Days
MIT students traveled to Washington to speak to representatives from several federal executive agencies.