Led by Northwestern Engineering’s Cécile Chazot, the Materials Initiative for Comprehensive Research Opportunity (MICRO) allows undergraduates from universities without materials science programs or ...

Since establishment as the world’s first materials science academic department, Northwestern Engineering has led and defined the frontier of material research, enabling transformative technologies ...

Using peptides and a snippet of the large molecules in plastics, materials scientists have developed materials made of tiny, flexible nano-sized ribbons that can be charged just like a battery to ...

Scientists are learning how to temporarily reshape materials by nudging their internal quantum rhythms instead of blasting them with extreme lasers. By harnessing excitons, short-lived energy pairs ...

Shifting customer preferences, rapid innovation cycles, and ever-tightening regulatory requirements are accelerating the need for lighting manufacturers to bring new products to market faster than ...