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Abstract Submission Now Underway for 2012 MRS Fall Meeting

Abstract Submission Now Underway for 2012 MRS Fall Meeting Materials Research Society 2012-05-18 Abstract submission is now underway for the 2012 MRS Fall Meeting .  The Fall Meeting will consist of 53 technical symposia, an international exhibit, a wide range of tutorial sessions, a career center, pro

Strange Matter Traveling Exhibit to Open in Alabama

Strange Matter -- a traveling interactive exhibit where users enter the fascinating, practical, occasionally bizarre and often beautiful world of materials science through over a dozen hands-on experiences -- will open in at the

Materials360(r) Correction -- 2012 Kavli Awards Not Yet Announced

We erroneously reported yesterday that Dr. Angela Belcher of MIT had won the 2012 Kavli Prize in Nanoscience. The 2012 Kavli Prize

PRINT Nanoparticles for Controlled Release of Water Soluble Drugs

Joseph DeSimone’s group at UNC Chapel Hill has created a novel asymmetric bifunctional silyl ether (ABS) prodrug (inactive molecules that when exposed to certain physiological conditions change into the active form) that capitalizes on the tunability of the silyl ether chemistry as well as the drug delivery capability of a nanoparticles  to deliver drugs more efficiently to the target area.

Creating Molecular Graphene

Will Lithium-Air Batteries Work?

MRS Communications Unveils Unique New Prospect for Materials Research

MRS Communications

Registration Now Open for 2nd Global Congress on Microwave Energy Applications and American Conference on Neutron Scattering

Registration is now Open for 2nd Global Congress on Microwave Energy Applications (July 23 - 27, 2012, Long Beach CA) and American Conference on Neutron Scattering (June 24 - 28, 2012, Washington DC).

MRS "Sounds of Science" Podcast--Marty Green on Materials for Sustainable Development

Following up on our recent release of the April 2012 Special Issue of the MRS Bulletin on "Materials for Sustainable Development," we interviewed Dr. Marty Green of NIST, one of the co-editors of the issue. Dr. Green talked about how the special issue came about, what sustainable development means, and some of the topics covered in the publication. (11 minutes).

MRS and TMS Announce 2012-2013 Congressional Science and Engineering Fellow

The Materials Research Society (MRS) and The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society (TMS) have selected Andrew Steigerwald, Vanderbilt University, as the 2012-2013 MRS/TMS Congressional Science and Engineering Fellow. Steigerwald will serve a one-year term working as a special legislative assistant on the staff of a member of Congress or congressional committee. 

MRS and TMS Announce 2012-2013 Congressional Science and Engineering Fellow

The Materials Research Society (MRS) and The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society (TMS) have selected Andrew Steigerwald, Vanderbilt University, as the 2012-2013 MRS/TMS Congressional Science and Engineering Fellow. Steigerwald will serve a one-year term working as a special legislative assistant on the staff of a member of Congress or congressional committee. 

New Polymer Signals Red When Damaged, Then Fixes Itself

A new plastic turns red when scratched and then repairs itself when exposed to heat or light. Several research groups have previously made self-healing materials, but the new material is the first to combine both sensing and repair capabilities.

Special MRS Bulletin Issue on Materials for Sustainable Development Released!

The April 2012 Special Issue of MRS Bulletin entitled "Materials for Sustainable Development" was officially released today at the 2012 MRS Spring Meeting in San Francisco.

Single Atom Alloys Catalyze Reactions

Researchers at Tufts University in Massachusetts, led by Charles Sykes, have achieved the ultimate in both cases by demonstrating that single palladium atoms in copper can catalyze industrially significant hydrogenation reactions, like the conversion of acetylene to ethylene.

On-Off Patterning of Soft Polymers

Kristi S. Anseth to Receive MRS Mid-Career Researcher Award

The Materials Research Society (MRS) has selected Kristi S. Anseth, University of Colorado, Boulder, to receive the inaugural Mid-Career Researcher Award “for exceptional achievement at the interface of materials and biology enabling new, functional biomaterials that answer fundamental questions in biology and yield advances in regenerative medicine, stem-cell differentiation, and cancer treatment.” Anseth will be recognized during the award presentations at the 2012 MRS Spring Meeting on Wednesday, April 11, at 6:30 p.m. in the San Francisco Marriott Marquis.

Printed Gel Sheets Morph into 3D Shapes

Researchers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst have come up with a technique to make flat gel sheets that buckle and fold up into three-dimensional shapes such as cones and domes.

Pennycook to Receive 2012 MRS Innovation in Materials Characterization Award

The Materials Research Society’s Innovation in Materials Characterization Award honors an outstanding advance in materials characterization that notably increases knowledge of the structure, composition,

Markus J. Buehler to Receive 2012 MRS Outstanding Young Investigator Award

The Materials Research Society’s (MRS) Outstanding Young Investigator Award recognizes outstanding, interdisciplinary scientific work in materials research by a young scientist or engineer who shows exceptional promise as a developing leader in the materials area. This year's award will be presented to Markus J. Buehler, associate professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), "for highly innovative and creative work in computational modeling of biological, bio-inspired and synthetic materials, revealing how weakness is turned into strength through hierarchical material design."