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To measure how heat moves through materials, MIT researchers use laser pulses (red) to heat a sample while ultrafast X-rays (purple) penetrate multiple material layers and measure changes as heat dissipates.

A new way to watch heat move through electronics

The new technique allows researchers to generate an ultrathin superconducting material (represented by pink and green spheres) underneath another anatomically thin material — carbon-based graphene (grey).

Researchers make air-stable, ultrathin superconductors, for more scalable quantum devices

A new 3D printing system created by MIT researchers enables users to produce interactive objects like this chemical bottle, which change their appearance when they are pressed, slid, or turned, without the use of any internal electronics.

These 3D-printed objects can tell you if they’re being used properly

A false-color electron microscope image shows the devices. Using the new scalable fabrication technique, researchers fabricated more than 1,000 devices using sub-nanometer molecular layers.

Turning molecules into reliable electronic devices

A machine-learning-guided pipeline enables researchers to generate solvent candidate pools on demand, narrow the selections down, and experimentally test the most promising electrolyte recipes. These scanning electron microscopy images show the morphology of sodium-metal deposits obtained from three different electrolyte candidates.

Solving the solvent problem

A woman with long brown hair, wearing a black blazer, maroon top, and gray pants, stands outside near large white columns, smiling at the camera in natural sunlight.

Working to automate nuclear plant operations