Nature Materials
Scientists just found an unknown force that helps the brain wire itself
This insight may also help researchers better understand how other organs develop and could eventually inspire new medical strategies.
Fabricating metamaterial that is both strong and stretchy
MIT engineers have developed a new metamaterial that is both strong and stretchy, overcoming the usual trade-off between stiffness and flexibility. The material starts as...
The transformative power of metamaterials
The Future of Materials: MIT Advances Metamaterial Research
Solving the case of the missing platinum
Scientists have figured out how platinum electrodes dissolve.
Quantum miracle material to enable magnetic switching
Magnetic switch traps quantum information carriers in one dimension
Cell nuclei control eye and brain tissues during embryonic development
How cell nuclei organize eyes and brain.
Helical structure improves solid-state electrolyte conductivity and stability
Longer helices lead to higher conductivity.
Innovative methods to examine embryonic spinal cord defects
Measuring mechanical forces in vertebrate development.
Overcoming chemotherapy resistance in pancreatic cancer
Matrix stiffness and chemoresistance in pancreatic cancer organoids.
New technique sheds light on never-before-seen interiors of crystals
The "X-ray vision" technique is used to see inside crystals.
‘Impossible’ quasi-particles in a material related to rust
This is the first time that naturally occurring emergent monopoles have been observed experimentally.
Soap-inspired electrolyte for designing longer-lasting batteries
The secret to longer-lasting batteries might be in how soap works, a new study says.
A quasicrystal from nanoparticles using DNA
The breakthrough opens the way for designing and building more complex structures.
A new electrical method for next-gen electronic devices and quantum computers
For the first time, scientists demonstrate how to electronically alter the direction of electron flow.
A new quantum device generates single photons and encodes information
Approach is a step toward using single photons in quantum communication and information processing.
New battery design exceeds fast-charging goals for EV
It will be impactful for EVs and other applications.
Laser pulse creates exotic quantum material
A minimal distortion of the crystal structure at room temperature.
A new switch discovered for superconductivity
The scientists discover a new superconductivity switch.
MIT engineers develop a Jell-O-like electrode
A new material could replace metals as electrical interfaces for pacemakers, implants, and other electronic implants.
New material could enable more efficient magnet-based computer memory
Metallic compounds reduce computing's carbon footprint, speed processing, & enable AI training.
New material in which electron’s dynamics can be controlled
Sculpting quantum materials for the electronics of the future.
New camera with a shutter speed of 1 trillionth of a second
Researchers could now understand how materials move heat.
Exotic quantum state discovered at room temperature
The finding opens up a new range of possibilities for the development of efficient quantum technologies.
A new way to combine two materials with special electrical properties
New hybrid structures could pave the way to more stable quantum computers.
A new frontier in quantum science and technology
First work showing optical initialization and coherent control of nuclear spins in 2D materials.
A “family” of robust, superconducting graphene structures found
The findings could inform the design of practical superconducting devices.
Converting methane into methanol under ambient conditions using light
The ‘holy grail of catalysis’.
An ancient Namibian gemstone could be the key to new light-based quantum computers
These results pave the way towards realizing strongly interacting exciton-polaritons.
Superconductivity where you don’t expect it
The special properties of 'topological materials' typically occur at their surface. These materials, for instance, insulators that do lead current at their surface, are...