Illustration shows pairs of electrons in magic-angle twisted trilayer graphene

MIT Physicists Observe Key Evidence of Unconventional Superconductivity in Magic-angle Graphene

The findings could open a route to new forms of higher-temperature superconductors.

Jennifer Chu | MIT News

A grid imaging technique

A “seating chart” for Atoms Helps Locate Their Positions in Materials

Jennifer Chu | MIT News

The DIGIT imaging tool could enable the design of quantum devices and shed light on atomic-scale processes in cells and tissues.

Four SEM images and a researcher saying, “I want to perform image analysis.” A robot responds, “Great! Let’s start with SEM image analysis.

AI System Learns from Many Types of Scientific Information and Runs Experiments to Discover New Materials

Zach Winn | MIT News

The new “CRESt” platform could help find solutions to real-world energy problems that have plagued the materials science and engineering community for decades.

A lattice of spheres above textured materials.

New Tool Makes Generative AI Models More Likely to Create Breakthrough Materials

Zach Winn | MIT News

With SCIGEN, researchers can steer AI models to create materials with exotic properties for applications like quantum computing.

MIT Physicists Discover a New Type of Superconductor that’s also a Magnet

Jennifer Chu | MIT News

The “one-of-a-kind” phenomenon was observed in ordinary graphite.

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New Electronic “skin” could Enable Lightweight Night-vision Glasses

Jennifer Chu | MIT News

MIT engineers developed ultrathin electronic films that sense heat and other signals, and could reduce the bulk of conventional goggles and scopes.

A micrograph of a woven material

MIT Engineers Print Synthetic “Metamaterials” that are Both Strong and Stretchy

Jennifer Chu | MIT News

A new method could enable stretchable ceramics, glass, and metals, for tear-proof textiles or stretchy semiconductors.

3D rendering shows yellow energy shooting across layers of a graphene lattice laid out on a flat surface. White energy appears from another segment.

Physicists Measure a Key Aspect of Superconductivity in “Magic-angle” Graphene

Jennifer Chu | MIT News

By determining how readily electron pairs flow through this material, scientists have taken a big step toward understanding its remarkable properties.

abstract visualization of painting atomically thin crystal graphene energy structures showing crystal structures on waves of multicolor brushstroke like lines

Painting Potential Landscapes on an Atomically Thin Canvas

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