MRS in the News

Apr 14, 2021 | University of Delaware - UDAILY

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

Mar 18, 2021 | Semiconductor Engineering

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. 

Mar 9, 2021 | Science Daily

'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.

Feb 28, 2021 | Wiley Analytical Science

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.

Dec 9, 2020 | Pitt Swanson Engineering

The issue covers the developments in the field of processing metallic materials and includes Wiezorek’s article highlighting the in-situ TEM work Pitt does in collaboration with the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL).

Dec 9, 2020

Alexandra Botasseva, member of the MRS Board of Directors, and Haiyan Wang, 2020 MRS Bulletin Volume Organizer, have been selected as National Academy of Inventors Fellows.

Dec 1, 2020 | Tadias Magazine

Sossina M. Haile, a professor of materials science and engineering at Northwestern University, has been awarded the 2020 David Turnbull Lectureship, a prestigious accolade that recognizes the career contributions of scientists in her field.

Nov 11, 2020 | LIHerald.com

Two Five Towns residents will present their science research to as many as 14,000 members of the Materials Research Society from over 90 countries at the organization’s fall convention on Dec. 4.

Sep 3, 2020 | AZO Materials

Y. Shirley Meng, professor at the University of California, San Diego, and Editor-in-Chief of MRS Energy & Sustainability, discusses electron microscopy in battery research.

Sep 3, 2020 | Electronic Design

Researchers are devising ways to accurately assess the mechanical properties of lithium-battery dendrites, as these nanomaterials limit the usefulness and safety of such power cells.

Aug 31, 2020 | Penn State News

Bo Wang, who earned his doctorate in materials science and engineering from Penn State in August 2020, is the recipient of a Gold Graduate Student Award from the Materials Research Society (MRS).

Aug 21, 2020 | Phys.org

Researchers said the study, recently published in the journal Acta Materialia and featured in the September issue of the prestigious MRS Bulletin, uncovers the fundamental mechanisms behind cracking in 3-D-printed tungsten

Jun 24, 2020 | Mirage News

In the search to create materials that can withstand extreme radiation, Yanwen Zhang, a researcher at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory, says that materials scientists must think outside the box. 

Jun 4, 2020 | Penn State News

Susan Trolier-McKinstry, Flaschen Professor of Ceramic Science and Engineering and professor of electrical engineering, College of Earth and Mineral Sciences, has been named an Evan Pugh Professor, an elite and prestigious.

Apr 1, 2020 | Purdue University Materials Engineering

For national leadership across the field of electronic materials packaging, Carol Handwerker, Reinhardt Schuhmann Jr. Professor of Materials Engineering, has been named as a 2021 Materials Research Society (MRS) Fellow.

Mar 23, 2020 | EurekAlert!

Clemson University Department of Physics and Astronomy faculty member Apparao Rao was selected as a 2020 Fellow of the Materials Research Society (MRS) for developing liquid-based scalable synthesis methods to manufacture carbon nanotubes. 

Mar 19, 2020 | Times of India

The recent years have experienced a burgeoning growth in the development of statistical and machine learning within the domains of materials science and polymer chemistry. 

Feb 13, 2020 | Nature.com

The idea that karaoke is fun and a great ice-breaker is shared by all those who have ever participated in a karaoke event.  But karaoke in science — where you have a PowerPoint© slide instead of a teleprompter and music

Jan 23, 2020 | Michigan Tech News

The goal: Build a safe and long lived lithium battery. The challenge: Use a solid-state electrolyte and stop short circuiting from the formation and growth of lithium dendrites. In a new invited feature paper published in the Journal of Materials Research

Jan 6, 2020 | The Science Times

The biggest game-changers for scientists in material science will be robotics and AI.  Use of it will be very efficient and have advantages for solar tech and other technologies.