Materials

New technique makes it easier to etch semiconductors

26 Dec 2011

NIST releases first certified reference material for single-wall carbon nanotubes

24 Dec 2011

Electronics made of plastic present endless new possibilities

23 Dec 2011

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?

Research could improve laser-manufacturing technique

21 Dec 2011

New tool helps revolutionise materials research

By By David L. Chandler, MIT News Office | 20 Dec 2011

New 3D transistors promising future chips, lighter laptops

19 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

Astronomers confirm existence of earth-like planet 600 light years away

06 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

Giant piezoelectric effect to improve MEMS devices

03 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.