New buildings

A five‐story concrete and glass laboratory, known as the Vannevar Bush Building, has been opened at Massachusetts Institute of Technology as part of its interdepartmental Center for Materials Science and Engineering. Costing $6 million, the new building houses facilities for preparation, purification, and evaluation of metals, insulators, semiconductors, and composite materials such as ceramics. A central analytical lab provides chemical evaluation methods, while physical methods include x‐ray analysis, optical and election microscopy, and electron microprobe analysis. Research will cover basic physics and chemistry of solids, materials of interest in electronics and optics, and properties of materials at high temperatures and pressures. High‐field superconductors and laser materials are also included.