Materials
Not only invisible, but also inaudible
22 Dec 2011
Progress of metamaterials in nanotechnologies has made the invisibility cloak, a subject of mythology and science fiction, a reality as researchers transfer the concept of an optical invisibility cloak to sound waves
Self-healing electronics could work longer and reduce waste
22 Dec 2011
When one tiny circuit within an integrated chip cracks or fails, the whole chip – or even the whole device – is a loss. But what if it could fix itself, and fix itself so fast that the user never knew there was a problem?
New tool helps revolutionise materials research
By By David L. Chandler, MIT News Office | 20 Dec 2011
Chemists propose explanation for superconductivity at high temperatures
By By Kimm Fesenmaier | 15 Dec 2011
Researchers explain granular material properties
By By Susan Chaityn Lebovits | 15 Dec 2011
CERN scientists find further signs of `God particle’ Higgs boson
13 Dec 2011
The data while sufficient to make significant progress in the search for the Higgs boson, is not enough to make any conclusive statement on its existence, CERN said
Glass that cleans itself
09 Dec 2011
Researchers link patterns seen in spider silk, melodies
By By Denise Brehm, civil and environmental engineeri | 09 Dec 2011
Using a new mathematical methodology, researchers at MIT have created a scientifically rigorous analogy that shows the similarities between the physical structure of spider silk and the sonic structure of a melody, proving that the structure of each relates to its function in an equivalent way
New elemental cookbook guides efficient thermoelectric combinations
By by Richard Merritt | 08 Dec 2011
Making future buildings safer
06 Dec 2011
Electronics takes on a new spin
By By David L. Chandler, MIT News Office | 05 Dec 2011
New technique to see crystals like never before
02 Dec 2011
A novel way to concentrate sun’s heat
By By David L. Chandler, MIT News Office | 02 Dec 2011
Researchers at MIT have found a way to use thermophotovoltaic devices without mirrors to concentrate the sunlight, potentially making the system much simpler and less expensive.
Thinner thermal insulation
01 Dec 2011
Scientists watch electrons "melt"
By By Jared Sagoff, Argonne National Laboratory | 29 Nov 2011
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