MIT Engineers Create 3D-Printable Aluminum 5 Times Stronger Than Conventional Alloys

By applying machine learning techniques, engineers at MIT have created a new method for 3D printing metal alloys that produce ...

Suspect in Brown University shooting and MIT professor’s killing was once a physics student

Thirty years ago, Claudio Neves Valente and Nuno F.G. Loureiro were classmates with bright futures. Both excelled in physics and made their way from their home country of Portugal to the U.S., ...
Nature

Topology-transformable polymers: linear–branched polymer structural transformation via the mechanical linking of polymer chains

In this review article, we discuss the synthesis and dynamic nature of macromolecular systems that have mechanically linked polymer chains capable of undergoing a topology transformation driven by a ...

How the Brown-MIT shootings unfolded: A brief encounter, two attacks and then a break

Investigators are still trying to figure out much of what Claudio Neves Valente was doing in New England in the weeks before they say he carried out a mass shooting at Brown University and then ...
Nature

Synthesis, structure and function of π-stacked polymers

In designing functional organic materials with desired properties, spatial arrangement control of constituent molecules is an important factor because molecules in a regulated assembly often indicate ...
Los Angeles Times

Academic lectures have invaded L.A. bars and tickets are selling out in minutes

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. On a nippy Monday night at the Zebulon in Frogtown, a man wearing a Jason Voorhees T-shirt steps onto a ...

A brief encounter, two attacks and then a break in investigations into the Brown and MIT shootings

Investigators are still trying to figure out much of what Claudio Neves Valente was doing in New England in the weeks before ...
C&EN

Classical challenges in the physical chemistry of polymer networks

The design of polymer networks is one of the oldest and most important challenges in chemistry, impacting many of the highest volume chemical industries from rubber to adhesives to biomedical ...
C&EN

ACS Award in Polymer Chemistry

Nomination Period Extended: Due to the impacts of the federal government shutdown on many of our members, we have extended the nomination period for the 2027 National Awards until December 15 at 11:59 ...

Detailed timeline shows Claudio Neves Valente's actions in Brown University and MIT professor shootings

Investigators are piecing together a detailed timeline of Claudio Neves Valente's actions before, during and after the Brown ...
BBC

BBC Reith Lectures 2025 – Moral Revolution

Bregman's 2025 Reith Lectures will reflect on moments in history, including the likes of the suffragette and abolitionist movements, which have sparked transformative moral revolutions, offering hope ...
UMass Lowell

Plastics Engineering

"UMass Lowell is among the nation's leading centers for plastics technology, and its Plastics Engineering program...is helping to push new boundaries of how these versatile materials are used, ...