Solving mysteries of conductivity in polymers
Materials seen as promising for optoelectronics and thermoelectric devices finally yield their secrets.
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Physics
Computing at the speed of light
Graduate student Sergio Cantu studies lasers to increase computational speed and security.
MIT team creates ultracold molecules
At near absolute zero, molecules may start to exhibit exotic states of matter.
Vanishing friction
In tuning friction to the point where it disappears, technique could boost development of nanomachines.
A new tool measures the distance between phonon collisions
Tabletop setup provides more nuanced picture of heat production in microelectronics.
Circular orbits identified for small exoplanets
Observations of 74 Earth-sized planets around distant stars may narrow field of habitable candidates.
Measuring hot electrons
MIT graduate student Qiong Ma is uncovering electrical properties of graphene-based devices using laser-light stimulation.
Advance in quantum error correction
Protocol corrects virtually all errors in quantum memory, but requires little measure of quantum states.
Probing graphene physics
MIT postdoc Javier Sanchez-Yamagishi charts quantum signatures of electronic transport in graphene.
3Q: Getting ever closer to observing gravitational waves
Einstein’s theory of general relativity to be put through the paces as Advanced LIGO comes online.
Three MIT physicists win 2015 NSF and DOE early-career awards
Assistant professors Aram Harrow, Yen-Jie Lee, and Tracy Slatyer will share $2.1 million in research support.
Researchers build new fermion microscope
Instrument freezes and images 1,000 individual fermionic atoms at once.
Electrons corralled using new quantum tool
“Whispering gallery” effect confines electrons, could provide basis for new electron-optics devices.