Department
Physics
Automating single-molecule image studies
MIT physics graduate student James Owen Andrews is developing software to improve dynamic image capture from super-resolution fluorescent microscopes.
How to make large 2-D sheets
MIT-led team develops method for scaling up production of thin electronic material.
Extending super-resolution techniques
MIT graduate student Takuma Inoue tackles labeling RNA without genetic modification for doctoral studies.
QS ranks MIT the world's top university for 2015-16
Ranked No. 1 for the fourth straight year, the Institute also places first in 11 of 36 disciplines.
How to spawn an “exceptional ring”
Researchers create exotic states that could lead to new kinds of sensors and optical devices.
Faculty Highlight: Ibrahim Cissé
Assistant professor of physics probes the formation of enzyme clusters that enable gene copying and protein production in living cells.
Unusual magnetic behavior observed at a material interface
Findings could lead to a building block for future quantum computers, and a research tool for physics.
A small, modular, efficient fusion plant
New design could finally help to bring the long-sought power source closer to reality.