Royal DSM and the ACS division of Polymer Chemistry (POLY) invite nominations for the DSM Bright Science Award for PhD students 2021 in Material Sciences. The award carries a cash prize of $5,500. This prestigious award has been established to recognize and reward excellence in innovative PhD research related to polymer science and technology. The theme for the 2021 award will be Polymers for a Sustainable Future.

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Facility within MIT.nano offers equipment and capabilities for visualizing data, creating immersive environments.

A symbiotic culture of specialized yeast and bacteria can generate tough materials able to perform a variety of functions.

Three MIT professors and a principal staff member from Lincoln Laboratory are among the 2021 class of fellows.

Climate goals expand impact of MIT waste-processing spinoff that capitalizes on a process called plasma gasification.

At least 18 MIT community members were named to Forbes’ 30 Under 30 list, including 13 alumni.

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MIT mechanical engineers have developed technologies to help hospitals around the world provide life-saving oxygen to patients with Covid-19 and other respiratory illnesses.

Research suggests the products of transcription — RNA molecules — regulate their own production through a feedback loop.

A new study about American entrepreneurship in 1988-2014 shows that startups have done particularly well in Silicon Valley, the Boston-Cambridge area, and Austin, among other locations.

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