Tecnalia joins MIT research network

Spanish private research firm, Tecnalia Research & Innovation, is to take part in an international network led by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in the USA, which will develop a research programme for the computational design of materials such as clays, solid nuclear fuels, steel and cements.

The alliance, called Groupement de Recherche International: Multi-scale Materials Under the Nanoscope, also includes participation from the University of Berkeley, USA; the Federal Polytechnic School of Zurich, Switzerland, and the National Scientific Research Centre (CNRS)of France.

There are also plans to include shortly the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and Princeton University, both from the USA.