In recent years, artificial intelligence (AI) has emerged as a powerful tool to predict how materials will behave based on their atomic structure, helping researchers discover new materials faster and reduce reliance on trial-and-error methods.…
Design, power, and justice
In new book “Design Justice,” Associate Professor Sasha Costanza-Chock examines how to make technology work for more people in society. When Sasha Costanza-Chock goes through airport security, it is an unusually uncomfortable experience. Costanza-Chock, an…
The case for economics — by the numbers
In recent years, criticism has been levelled at economics for being insular and unconcerned about real-world problems. But a new study led by MIT scholars finds that the field increasingly overlaps with the work of…
Fluorine-incorporated Interface Enhances Cycling Stability of Lithium Metal…
A recent study, affiliated with South Korea's Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST) has unveiled an ion concentrate electrolyte using a solvent containing fluorine atoms. With the spread of electric vehicles, interest in…
Machine learning picks out hidden vibrations from earthquake…
Technique may help scientists more accurately map vast underground geologic structures. Over the last century, scientists have developed methods to map the structures within the Earth’s crust, in order to identify resources such as oil…