May 2013
Data wave
Energy-materials research provides a test for the big-data flood.
Category Archives: Materials Science
January 2012
Corralling carbon dioxide
Supercomputers are speeding new-materials designs that sponge up carbon dioxide and helping assemble systems for large-scale carbon capture.
September 2010
Inside materials’ DNA
MIT’s Materials Genome Project enlists databases and density functional theory to discover safe, clean materials for a new energy era.
June 2009
Concrete calculations
Computer models illuminate what influences flow in concrete and how that affects stress and environmental impact.