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Making nuclear energy facilities easier to build and transport
At MIT, Isabel Naranjo De Candido is working on improving access to nuclear energy by scaling down reactor size and, in the case of microreactors, making them mobile enough to travel to places where they’re needed. Photo: Gretchen Ertl
Team engineers nanoparticles using ion irradiation to advance clean energy and fuel conversion
The work by NSE’s Prof Bilge Yildiz and collaborators demonstrates control over key properties leading to better performance.
Physicists trap electrons in a 3D crystal for the first time
The results, published by a team of MIT researchers including Prof Mingda Li, open the door to exploring superconductivity and other exotic electronic states in three-dimensional materials.
Making more magnetism possible with topology
Researchers have been working for years to understand the electron topology and magnetism in certain semimetals have been frustrated by the fact that the materials only display magnetic properties if they are cooled to just a few degrees above absolute zero. A...
Sensing and controlling microscopic spin density in materials
NSE’s Guoqing Wang, Paola Cappellaro and Ju Lishow that they may be able to develop new quantum sensors or quantum simulations by fine-tuning the spin density in some materials.
Team uses 3D printing to strengthen a key material in aerospace, energy-generation applications
The approach could improve the performance of many other materials as well.
Alexander O'Brien: Printing a new approach to fusion powerplant materials
When Alexander O’Brien sent in his application for graduate school at MIT NSE, he had a germ of a research idea already brewing. So when he received a phone call from Prof. Mingda Li, he shared it: The student from Arkansas wanted...
Mingda Li wins NSF grant to study sustainable topological materials
Li along with his co-PIs from MIT, UCSB, and Boston College will work to accelerate research in topological quantum materials.
Scientists identify new mechanism of corrosion
NSE collaborative research on molten salt corrosion shows that controlling one-dimensional wormhole corrosion could help advance power plant designs
Bilge Yildiz wins Rahmi M. Koç Medal of Science
Award recognizes scientists of Turkish origin younger than 50 who have made outstanding contributions to their fields.