News

crystal of electrons
How can electrons split into fractions of themselves?
Anyons
MIT physicists predict exotic form of matter with potential for quantum computing
nickel production
3 Questions: Can we secure a sustainable supply of nickel?
wave graphic
New material sports wavy layers of atoms
climate panel
Liftoff: The Climate Project at MIT takes flight
Caption:An artistic illustration of the integration between two distinct battery cathode structures, rock salt (blue polyhedra) and polyanion olivine (red/yellow polyhedra).
Study of disordered rock salts leads to battery breakthrough
Professor Ju Li (right) and postdoc So Yeon Kim (left) examine samples of the composite they have fabricated for their demonstrations.
More durable metals for fusion power reactors
Men pouring cement
With sustainable cement, startup aims to eliminate gigatons of CO₂
Four triangular sold acids spinning, with icons showing the direction of spin.
Proton-conducting materials could enable new green energy technologies
Schematic showing how exotic particles known as excitons can “hop” between nickel atoms (grey dots) in the nickel dihalide materials.
Physicists report new insights into exotic particles key to magnetism
Schematic showing the crystal structure of the boron nitride key to a new ferroelectric material
New transistor’s superlative properties could change electronics
red microchip
Turning up the heat on next-generation semiconductors
more