MIT researchers advance toward greater bandwidth, more energy-efficient communications
The FUTUR-IC research program integrates electronics and photonics in microchip systems.
Inaugural Music Technology Research Showcase celebrates work of new graduate program’s initial students
Associate Professor Anna Huang delivers the keynote address, “In Search of Human-AI Resonance,” to a capacity crowd.
Students from across the Northeast step inside MIT.nano’s cleanroom
A hands-on boot camp teaches integrated photonics to community and four-year college students in the region.
Improving the speed and energy-efficiency of AI agents
A new system, known as Murakkab, optimizes the design and deployment of multistep workflows that power AI applications.
3D-printed devices could streamline the production of drug-delivery microparticles
The cost-effective devices, which can be built in hours, leverage electrospray emitter technology to efficiently produce three-layered particles at scale.
Improving the performance of high-power electronics
By using a thin layer of diamond to manage excessive heat, researchers can boost the speed and energy-efficiency of next-generation wireless devices.
Improving the reliability of circuits for quantum computers
A new technique helps scientists measure a phenomenon that can cause quantum circuits to perform differently than expected, increasing the error in computations.
Solving hard problems in soft electronics
Camille Cunin PhD ’26 is transforming rigid circuitry into stretchable, signal-amplifying devices built for real-world biomedical use.
Photonics advance could enable compact, high-performance lidar sensors
With a novel design, MIT researchers overcame a stubborn problem that has limited the effectiveness of chip-based systems for lidar.
Self-organizing “pencil beam” laser could help scientists design brain-targeted therapies
MIT researchers leveraged a surprise discovery to devise a faster and more precise biomedical imaging technique.
Sixteen new START.nano companies are developing hard-tech solutions with the support of MIT.nano
Startup accelerator program grows to over 30 companies, almost half of them with MIT pedigrees.
Helping data centers deliver higher performance with less hardware
Researchers developed a system that intelligently balances workloads to improve the efficiency of flash storage hardware in a data center.
Electrons in moiré crystals explore higher-dimensional quantum worlds
MIT physicists have discovered 3D “moiré crystals” that simulate four-dimensional quantum materials to a T.
Tomás Palacios named director of the Institute for Soldier Nanotechnologies
The electrical engineering and nanotechnology leader will guide the US Army-sponsored research center as it advances next-generation materials, electronics, and photonics for national security.