An MIT team reports a giant response of semiconductors to light and explains the atomic origins of the phenomenon. The materials’ stiffness increases up to 40 percent in the reversible effect.
New surface treatment technology dramatically improves interface conductivity and could help generate hydrogen and chemical industry ingredients, and improve electrolyzers and fuel cells.
China’s AI industry may triple to 453.26 billion yuan in value by 2025 from last year, while a broader AI-driven industry may be as large as 1.66 trillion yuan, which underscores the strategic importance of the field in the Made in China 2025 industrial master plan.
Researchers have developed a rechargeable lithium-ion battery in the form of ultra-long fiber that could be woven into fabrics. The battery could enable a wide variety of wearable electronic devices, and might even be used to make 3D-printed batteries in virtually any shape.
MIT students present their transmedia artwork in the Wiesner Student Art Gallery and in a virtual exhibition in Unbounded: Transmedia Storytelling @ MIT 2019-21