Tecnalia joins MIT research network

Spanish private research firm, 4377 Tecnalia Research & Innovation, is to take part in an international network led by the 4376 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 4379 University of Berkeley, USA; the Federal Polytechnic School of Zurich, Switzerland, and the National Scientific Research Centre (4381 CNRS)of France.

There are also plans to include shortly the 4383 National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and 4385 Princeton University, both from the USA.