Congrats to Simo - a winner of a Best Poster Award at the MRS Fall 2022 Meeting in Boston



Congrats to Buxuan - a winner of a 2022-2023 Evergreen Fellowship supported by the MIT Deshpande Center
Congrats to Amy - a winner of an NSF Graduate Fellowship

Congrats to Simo - a winner of a 2022 Wunsch Foundation Silent Hoist and Crane Award for Excellence in a Graduate Student
Congrats to team SVETEX - semi-finalists in the Microfiber Innovation Challenge
Fashionista magazine: WHAT ROLE WILL OUR CLOTHES PLAY IN ADAPTING TO A WARMING PLANET?

ACADEMIC TIMES: Cheap plastic gets second life as moisture-wicking fabric
BBC NEWS: Turning plastic bags into clothes for sustainable fashion
MIT NEWS: Could we recycle plastic bags into fabrics of the future?


Congrats to the students Matteo Alberghini & Francesco Signorato - the winners of a Runner-Up Award at the 2019 MIT MechE Research Exhibit!

Researchers tune material’s color and thermal properties separately - MIT News
Materials to Help Beat the Heat—in Style - Optics and Photonics News
In New Material, Color and Thermal Properties Can Be Tuned Separately - Photonics.com
New plastic films deflect or trap heat with zero energy required - Science Daily
Black polymer films can be made cooler at a stretch - Materials Today
Catch sunlight and pin it down - The Statesman
Physics: Contactless method to produce clean water - Nature Asia
Sun-soaking device turns water into superheated steam - MIT News
A new way to turn saltwater fresh can kill germs and avoid gunk buildup - Science News
Wearable Fabrics for Passive Heating and Cooling - Can Polyethylene Do Both? - MRS Meeting Scene Highlights
How next-generation fabrics will keep you cool in summer heat - MIT Technology Review
Material witness: could polythene clothes be cool? - Nature Materials News & Views
Одежда, которая охлаждает - Gazeta.ru
A full gamut of colors in all-dielectric, cheap, and large-scale artificial butterfly wings - Nanowerk Spotlight