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NBC 29| December 21, 2021
Chang Liu was recognized at the 2021 MRS Fall Meeting with a 2021 MRS Graduate Student Award.
Nature| December 20, 2021
Nature speaks to conference organizers about the art of the feedback form. MRS Meetings Committee Chair, Lincoln Lauhon, shares his insights.
Semiconductor Engineering | December 16, 2021
At the 2021 MRS Fall Meeting, Jianan Zhang, a former MIT researcher, and his colleagues explained that nickel-rich NCM compounds offer high energy density, but the polycrystalline particles that are typically available are prone to cracking and resulting instability.
University of Virginia | December 15, 2021
Chang Liu is a recipient of a 2021 MRS Graduate Student Award, which honors graduate students whose academic achievements and current materials research display a high level of excellence and distinction.
UCLA Newsroom | December 10, 2021
Emily Carter was named the recipient of the award for "advances in quantum mechanics theory with broad applications to materials and chemical sciences."
University at Buffalo | December 10, 2021
Quanxi Jia, Empire Innovation Professor and National Grid Professor of Materials Research, is also an MRS Fellow.
Forbes | December 1, 2021
Paul Le Floch, Axoft, and a 2021 MRS Graduate Student Gold Award recipient, was named to Forbes 30 Under 30—Science for 2022.
IEEE Spectrum| November 30, 2021
An article in MRS Bulletin is cited in this piece discussing the future of microscopy and deep learning.
Wonderful Engineering| November 11, 2021
The Journal of Materials Research recently published the study titled Hepatocyte growth factor administration increases bone soluble phosphate and alters bone chemical structure in diabetic hypertensive rats.
Medical Xpress| November 8, 2021
The results of a study, published in the Journal of Materials Research, showed increases in soluble phosphate in the treated bones.
University at Buffalo | November 1, 2021
Amit Goyal, an MRS Fellow, is principal investigator on a research project that has the potential to revolutionize the electric grid of the 21st century.
The University of Chicago | October 25, 2021
Meng is the Editor-in-Chief of MRS Energy & Sustainability.
Semiconductor Engineering | October 21, 2021
Mark Gyure’s MRS Bulletin article is cited in this report on the progress on general purpose quantum computers. His article explains that nuclear spins can interact with the spin of a confined electron, degrading coherence time
Northwestern University | October 18, 2021
Guillermo A. Ameer was also named MRS Fellow in 2021 for his contributions to regenerative engineering through pioneering work developing antioxidant citrate-based polymers that are useful for musculoskeletal, cardiovascular, dermal, and urological applications, rendering them enabling technologies to improve health.
India Education Diary | October 6, 2021
Samuel Stupp is an MRS Fellow and the 2000 MRS Medal Recipient.
UCLA Samueli Newsroom | September 10, 2021
Aaswath Raman was also recognized by MRS in 2018 with the MRS Nelson "Buck" Robinson Science and Technology Award for Renewable Energy.
The Wall Street Journal | July 14, 2021
The article references a 2017 study in MRS Energy & Sustainability, that stated that of 36 battery startups that had received more than $500,000 in funding, only two returned more capital than had been invested.
Semiconductor Engineering | June 21, 2021
At the 2021 MRS Spring Meeting, Penn State researcher Joan Redwing reported on depositing the transition metal at high temperatures (above 700°C) to facilitate uniform coverage.
GlobeNewswire | June 17, 2021
Meng is the Editor-in-Chief of MRS Energy & Sustainability and an MRS Fellow.
EurekAlert! | June 7, 2021
Whittingham has been an enthusiastic and committed MRS member, author and volunteer since the late 1980s and currently serves on the MRS Energy & Sustainability Editorial Advisory Board. He was named MRS Fellow in 2013 and in 2018 was awarded the David Turnbull Lectureship.
Carnegie Mellon University College of Engineering | June 3, 2021
January 2021 MRS Bulletin, with guest editors B. Reeja Jayan and Jian Luo, highlighted in Carnegie Mellon University's College of Engineering News.
University World News | May 27, 2021
Aristide Gumyusenge, a 2019 MRS Graduate Student Award Recipient, is joining the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 2022.
India Education Diary | May 20, 2021
Sossina Haile, the 2021 MRS Communications Lecturer and former MRS Board Member, has received the 16th annual Dorothy Ann and Clarence L. Ver Steeg Distinguished Research Fellowship Award.
Northwestern University | May 19, 2021
Sossina Haile has received the Dorothy Ann and Clarence L. Ver Steeg Distinguished Research Fellowship Award. MRS recognized Haile with the David Turnbull Lectureship Award in 2020.
EurekAlert! | May 7, 2021
Researchers at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) have now managed to produce perovskite solar modules with minimum scaling loss. The scientists presented their results at this year's spring meeting of the Materials Research Society.
EurekAlert! | April 29, 2021
Florida Inventors Hall of Fame 2021 inductees prove that the creative spark can light a fire of innovation to change the world.
Bao Research | April 21, 2021
Zhenan Bao has been selected for the award based on her "contributions and conceptual developments to organic electronics and skin-inspired electronics".
EurekAlert! | April 19, 2021
A new study outlines the need for materials advances in the hardware that goes into making quantum computers if these futuristic devices are to surpass the abilities of the computers we use today.
University of Delaware - UDAILY | April 14, 2021
David C. Martin is advancing novel polymeric materials to integrate electronics with human brain tissue. Martin, the associate dean for Research and Entrepreneurship in the College of Engineering, has been named a 2021 Fellow of the Materials Research Society (MRS) “for the design, synthesis, and characterization of conjugated polymers for interfacing electronic biomedical devices with living tissue; and for service to the MRS and broader materials community.”
Purdue University Materials Engineering | April 1, 2021
For national leadership across the field of electronic materials packaging, from structure evolution in ceramics to Pb-free solder replacements, and for leadership in sustainability in materials selection and materials education, Carol Handwerker, Reinhardt Schuhmann Jr. Professor of Materials Engineering, has been named as a 2021 Materials Research Society (MRS) Fellow.
Semiconductor Engineering | March 18, 2021
The number of materials being researched for chips used in extreme environments, such as landing on the planet Venus, is growing, according to new research, including research presented at the 2020 Virtual MRS Spring/Fall Meeting.
Science Daily | March 9, 2021
In the paper, 'Promoting microstructural homogeneity during flash sintering of ceramics through thermal management' published as part of a special issue of the MRS Bulletin, Gareth Jones and Dr. Claire Dancer from WMG, University of Warwick worked with collaborators from the University of Trento, Wuhan University of Technology, Normandie Université, and Lucideon Ltd to review the origins of microstructural variations in different regions of ceramic materials undergoing flash sintering.
Wiley Analytical Science | February 28, 2021
Feeling Zoom-weary, fed up with pandemic limitations, and tough to get motivated for a virtual conference, I was wondering if the annual fall 2020 MRS meeting was really worth attending this year. However, partly because I did want to present my work and partly out of curiosity, I did decide to register and attend the meeting. And I am so glad I did because the 2020 MRS Fall Annual meeting – into which the spring meeting was merged – was both a big success and worthwhile.