MIT researchers have developed a lightweight structure whose tiny blocks can be snapped together much like the bricks of a...
A modern aeroplane’s fuselage is made from multiple sheets of different composite materials, like so many layers in a phyllo-dough...
MIT’s School of Architecture’s Self-Assembly Labs has partnered with Google to create these transformable meeting spaces. The project uses a...
The discovery could open up wide-ranging possibilities for designing new, easy-to-manufacture composites for optical devices, electronic systems, and high-tech materials....
Researchers have found a way to bond composite layers, producing a material that is substantially stronger and more resistant to damage than other advanced composites.