An improved method for magnet tracking enables high-speed wireless tracking through various materials.
November 18, 2019The X-ray-focusing lens used in the experiment is based on a design used in lighthouses for centuries.
October 16, 2019MIT researchers discover why magnetism in certain materials is different in atomically thin layers and their bulk forms.
September 30, 2019Technique could yield insights into complex proteins involved in Alzheimer’s and other diseases.
January 18, 2019Innovative approach to controlling magnetism could lead to next-generation memory and logic devices.
November 12, 2018New materials, heated under high magnetic fields, could produce record levels of energy, model shows.
May 25, 2018Griffin honored for pioneering contributions to high-resolution solid state nuclear magnetic resonance and its applications to biological systems.
July 7, 2017Master's candidate explores ways to cool high-temperature superconductors used in fusion research.
March 27, 2017A quest to understand superconductivity leads MIT theoretical physicist Senthil Todadri to discoveries about new magnetic materials called quantum spin liquids.
February 6, 2017MIT researchers use an optical technique to probe magnetism at a hidden interface between two exotic thin films.
October 25, 2016MIT-led team demonstrates paired topology and intrinsic magnetism in compound combining gadolinium, platinum, and bismuth.
July 19, 2016Combining two thin-film materials yields surprising room-temperature magnetism.
May 9, 2016Bacteria streaming through a lattice behave like electrons in a magnetic material.
January 5, 2016Pioneer in semiconductors created MIT's magnet laboratory and served as associate director of the MIT Lincoln Laboratory.
April 27, 2015MIT team finds way to manipulate and measure magnetic particles without contact, potentially enabling multiple medical tests on a tiny device.
September 25, 2012MIT researchers devise a surprisingly simple but effective method for magnetically separating oil and water.
September 12, 2012MIT researchers design a ‘controllable adhesion system’ for underwater robots.
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