Researchers synthesize a new kind of silk fiber — and find that music can help fine-tune the material’s properties.
A new approach increases the efficiency of chemical reactions that are key to many industrial processes.
The commonplace phenomenon, now quantified for the first time, could be harnessed for many useful applications.
Reversible system can flip the magnetic orientation of particles with a small voltage; could lead to faster data storage and smaller sensors.
Engineers have designed a relatively low-cost, energy-efficient approach to treating water contaminated with heavy metals.
Layer-by-layer assembly system could lead to improved fuel cells, batteries and solar panels
As climate change brings greater threats to coastal ecosystems, new research can help planners leverage the wave-damping benefits of marsh plants.
A new computational simulator can help predict whether changes to materials or design will improve performance in new photovoltaic cells.
Mathematical simulations show the new approach may offer faster, cheaper, and more accurate detection, including identifying new variants.
Seven studies describe progress thus far and challenges ahead for a revolutionary zero-emissions power source.
The device emits a stream of single photons and could provide a basis for optical quantum computers.
Reducing internal losses could pave the way to low-cost perovskite-based photovoltaics that match silicon cells’ output.
Use of a novel electrolyte could allow advanced metal electrodes and higher voltages, boosting capacity and cycle life.
New approach solves a persistent problem of intermittency that has hindered use of the tiny light emitters for biological imaging or quantum photonics.
The rechargeable battery can be woven and washed, and could provide power for fiber-based electronic devices and sensors.
MIT researchers have developed a publicly available model based on physics and data from past spreading events.
A perovskite-based device that combines aspects of electronics and photonics may open doors to new kinds of computer chips or quantum qubits.
A new way of machining microscale rotors from diamond crystal can enable ultrasensitive NMR devices for probing proteins and other materials.