Rob Macfarlane is an associate professor of materials science and engineering at MIT who explores the chemical sciences that impact materials development and real-world applications.

The Materials Initiative for Comprehensive Research Opportunity program is an online research internship from the MIT Department of Materials Science and Engineering with mentorship from the MITx Digital Learning Lab, providing opportunities to undergraduates who are considering graduate school or a research career.

Materials scientists have found a way to perfectly cook an egg white and egg yolk simultaneously

Undergraduates from 10 U.S. universities participated in the first MICRO Summit. The internship program, developed by the MIT Department of Materials Science and Engineering, continues to grow, recently expanding to Northwestern University.

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By Kent Goeking, Managing Director, LEC Partners Special to The Digest One of the key barriers to the economic and technical success of many advanced energy technologies is the sub-optimum performance of critical inorganic materials used as catalysts, electrodes, dielectrics, and photovoltaics. Oxide materials in particular, such as metal oxides, perovskites, piezoelectrics, and ferroelectrics, offer

Cutting-edge materials science and engineering play a key role in clean energy conversion. Sustainable development sets the goal for researchers across disciplines, requiring active collaborations to optimize impacts. Dr. Xiao Zhang, Assistant Professor of Department of Mechanical Engineering at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU), is leading research efforts focused on advanced materials and…

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MIT Professor Elsa Olivetti works to bridge the gap between materials science and environmental systems thinking, particularly in relation to climate change.

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What exactly is light—and what is it made of? It's an age-old question that dates back to antiquity, and one of the most important investigations undertaken by scientists looking to understand the nature of reality.

Within days of publication, doubts began to emerge about some of the key claims and results presented in the paper.

The MIT Department of Materials Science and Engineering held its first-ever jobs fair, attracting industry giants, startups, and students for networking and career exploration.

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It has almost been 20 years since the establishment of the field of two-dimensional (2D) materials with the discovery of unique properties of graphene, a single, atomically thin layer of graphite. The significance of graphene and its one-of-a-kind properties was recognized as early as 2010 when the Nobel prize in physics was awarded to A. Geim and K. Novoselov for their work on graphene. However, graphene has been…

Professor Polina Anikeeva has been named the new head of MIT's Department of Materials Science and Engineering (DMSE).

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Three MIT-led teams have won National Science Foundation Convergence Accelerator grants to research sustainable materials. Principal investigators include Anuradha Murthy Agarwal, Mingda Li, and Christine Ortiz.

Materials intelligence plays a crucial role in the continued evolution of semiconductors.