Despite being much in the zeitgeist lately, we have to confess to still being a bit foggy about exactly what memristors are. The “mem” part of their name seems to be the important bit, implying a ...

Imagine buying a new T-shirt and quickly losing interest after just a few wears. With new technology from MIT, you don’t have to throw your T-shirt away; you can redesign it however you want.

Imagine you’re in IKEA, looking for a plastic kitchen stool. You find one, but—darn—it’s turquoise, which just doesn’t match your home color scheme. No problem. You tell a salesperson, who pushes a ...

2025 Materials Chemistry Horizon Prize: awarded for the development of new photochromic dyes for use in semi-transparent solar cells with light transmittance that adapts to illumination conditions.