Toward more efficient computing, with magnetic waves Circuit design offers a path to “spintronic” devices that use little electricity and generate practically no heat. November 28, 2019 Read full story →
Materials Day talks examine the promises and challenges of AI and machine learning The ability to predict and make new materials faster highlights the need for safety, reliability, and accurate data. November 5, 2019 Read full story →
Controlling 2-D magnetism with stacking order MIT researchers discover why magnetism in certain materials is different in atomically thin layers and their bulk forms. September 30, 2019 Read full story →
Approaching the magnetic singularity MIT researchers discover a material that changes electrical resistance only when a magnetic field is applied at a narrowly confined angle. June 20, 2019 Read full story →
Controllable fast, tiny magnetic bits MIT researchers show how to make and drive nanoscale magnetic quasi-particles known as skyrmions for spintronic memory devices. January 3, 2019 Read full story →
Study opens route to ultra-low-power microchips Innovative approach to controlling magnetism could lead to next-generation memory and logic devices. November 12, 2018 Read full story →
First two-dimensional material that performs as both topological insulator and superconductor MIT researchers have demonstrated that a tungsten ditelluride-based transistor combines two different electronic states of matter. October 31, 2018 Read full story →
Introducing the Materials Research Laboratory at MIT Materials Processing Center, Center for Materials Science and Engineering merger brings together formidable resources for advancing next-generation materials. October 10, 2017 Read full story →
Developing new magnetic device materials Summer Scholar Stephanie Bauman interns in Luqiao Liu lab synthesizing and testing manganese gallium samples for spintronic applications. October 2, 2017 Read full story →
School of Science professors granted tenure Seven award-winning faculty members represent the departments of Physics, Chemistry, and Biology. June 28, 2017 Read full story →
Geoffrey Beach: Drawn to explore magnetism Materials researcher is working on the magnetic memory of the future. April 24, 2017 Read full story →
Three MIT engineering faculty win 2017 NSF CAREER Awards Support will enable the exploration of new research terrains. April 10, 2017 Read full story →
Toward “valleytronic” devices for data storage or computer logic systems Researchers have discovered a new way to tune electronic energy levels in some 2-D materials. March 9, 2017 Read full story →
Mapping buried magnetism MIT researchers use an optical technique to probe magnetism at a hidden interface between two exotic thin films. October 25, 2016 Read full story →
Twelve School of Science faculty appointed to career development professorships September 2, 2016 Read full story →