“Programmable matter” technique could enable product designers to churn out prototypes with ease.

LiquiGlide, the company spun out of MIT’s Varanasi Research Group, will partner with Colgate to introduce a new recyclable toothpaste container that leverages LiquiGlide so that every last drop of the product can be squeezed out with minimal effort.

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Faculty members Dan Freedman, Robert Griffin, Larry Guth, Stephen Morris, and Gigliola Staffilani elected by peers for outstanding contributions to research.

MIT researchers develop compact on-chip device for detecting electric-field waveforms with attosecond time resolution.

Her research focuses on more-efficient deep neural networks to process video, and more-efficient hardware to run applications.

The findings pave the way to develop more efficient next-gen LEDs that cover the entire visible spectrum.

Crystallizing salts can grow “legs,” then tip over and fall away, potentially helping to prevent fouling of metal surfaces, researchers find.

Study explores the mechanical properties of these materials as they evolve from elastic gels to glassy solids.

Fifth-year nuclear science and engineering graduate student Arunkumar Seshadri looks to develop materials and fuels that can better withstand the extreme conditions in nuclear reactors.