MRS in the News

Feb 22, 2022 | Med-Tech News

AMSilk has noted a study published in MRS Communications which demonstrates that AMSilk engineered spider silk coatings have the potential to prevent inflammation and to reduce post-operative complications of implants. 

Feb 22, 2022 | Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Jim De Yoreo, who served as MRS President in 2011, was recognized for his “advances in materials synthesis from nucleation to large-scale crystal growth.”

Feb 21, 2022 | AZO Materials

Recently published in the journal MRS Energy & Sustainability, researchers discussed the opportunities and problems related to the integration of the international circular (bio)economy concept with the development of sustainable polymer materials. 

Feb 16, 2022 | India Education Diary

POSTECH Ph.D. candidate Jeonghoon Park in the Department of Mechanical Engineering recently won a Best Poster Award at the 2021 MRS Fall Meeting. 

Feb 11, 2022 | UCLA Samueli School of Engineering

Aaswath Raman has been elected as a 2022 senior member of the National Academy of Inventors. Raman is the 2018 Recipient of the MRS Nelson "Buck" Robinson Award.

Feb 10, 2022 | EurekAlert!

Anna Balazs, an MRS Fellow, is the first Swanson School faculty elected to both National Academies of Engineering and Science.

Jan 22, 2022 | Mirage News

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory‘s work on consumables for COVID-19 testing was highlighted in a recent special issue of the MRS Bulletin focusing on materials science innovation in response to the pandemic.

Jan 20, 2022 | Semiconductor Engineering

Researchers around the world are racing to develop more efficient, denser, and safer battery technology, and they are reaching far beyond where research has gone before.

Jan 12, 2022 | Nature Reviews Materials

Nature Reviews Materials speaks to Gopal Rao, Chief Editor of Technical Content for MRS and Editor of MRS Bulletin, to find out what pandemic-era conference planning is like.

Jan 11, 2022 | Nature Reviews Materials

For the first time, the MRS Fall Meeting went hybrid, posing new opportunities and challenges for organizers, speakers and attendees. 

Jan 6, 2022 | UC San Diego

Shirley Meng, Editor-in-Chief of MRS Energy & Sustainability, has been elected as a fellow of the American Society for the Advancement of Science.

Jan 4, 2022 | The Indian Express

Speaking at the Prof CNR Rao Prize lecture, Satish Ogale said many unexplored areas in material sciences and energy had the potential for wide applications in the mobility sector. The prize is presented by the Materials Research Society of India.

Jan 4, 2022 | Society of Engineering Science

The Society of Engineering Science James R. Rice Medal was awarded to Markus Buehler. Buehler is the MRS Bulletin Impact Editor and was a 2021 MRS Fall Meeting Chair. 

Dec 21, 2021 | NBC 29

Chang Liu was recognized at the 2021 MRS Fall Meeting with a 2021 MRS Graduate Student Award. 

Dec 20, 2021 | Nature

Nature speaks to conference organizers about the art of the feedback form. MRS Meetings Committee Chair, Lincoln Lauhon, shares his insights. 

Dec 16, 2021 | Semiconductor Engineering

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. 

Dec 15, 2021 | University of Virginia

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.  

Dec 10, 2021 | University at Buffalo

Quanxi Jia, Empire Innovation Professor and National Grid Professor of Materials Research, is also an MRS Fellow. 

Dec 10, 2021 | UCLA Newsroom

Emily Carter was named the recipient of the award for "advances in quantum mechanics theory with broad applications to materials and chemical sciences." 

Dec 1, 2021 | Forbes

Paul Le Floch, Axoft, and a 2021 MRS Graduate Student Gold Award recipient, was named to Forbes 30 Under 30—Science for 2022.