A design tool to democratize the art of color-changing mosaics Computational tool from MIT CSAIL enables color-changing cellulose-based designs for data visualization, education, fashion, and more. March 23, 2023
Tackling counterfeit seeds with “unclonable” labels Fake seeds can cost farmers more than two-thirds of expected crop yields and threaten food security. Trackable silk labels could help. March 22, 2023
A glimpse inside Intel In MIT visit, CEO Pat Gelsinger sounds a bullish note on the future of U.S. semiconductor manufacturing. March 21, 2023
Fiber “barcodes” can make clothing labels that last Drawing inspiration from butterfly wings, reflective fibers woven into clothing could reshape textile sorting and recycling. March 21, 2023
Exploring the nanoworld of biogenic gems Project will develop new materials characterization tools and technologies to assign unique identifiers to individual pearls. March 20, 2023
MIT physicists predict exotic new phenomena and give “recipe” for realizing them Work with skyrmions could have applications in future computers and more. March 17, 2023
Resilient bug-sized robots keep flying even after wing damage New repair techniques enable microscale robots to recover flight performance after suffering severe damage to the artificial muscles that power their wings. March 15, 2023
Mining the right transition metals in a vast chemical space Computational chemists design better ways of discovering and designing materials for energy applications. March 13, 2023
It’s a weird, weird quantum world In MIT’s 2023 Killian Lecture, Peter Shor shares a brief history of quantum computing from a personal viewpoint. March 10, 2023
Gabriela Schlau-Cohen: Illuminating photosynthesis Using ultrafast spectroscopy, the chemistry professor studies the energy transfer that occurs at femtosecond timescales inside plant leaves. March 8, 2023
