A new window into electron behavior
Scientists invent technique to map energy and momentum of electrons beneath a material’s surface.
Experiments confirm theory of “superballistic” electron flow
Behaving like particles in a viscous fluid can help bunches of electrons squeeze through a tight space.
Mapping the effects of crystal defects
Study sheds light on interactions that change the way heat and electricity move through microchips.
Electrons go superballistic
Newly discovered phenomenon accelerates electrons as they enter a viscous state.
Stars align in test supporting “spooky action at a distance”
Physicists address loophole in tests of Bell’s inequality, using 600-year-old starlight.
Faculty highlight: Senthil Todadri
A quest to understand superconductivity leads MIT theoretical physicist Senthil Todadri to discoveries about new magnetic materials called quantum spin liquids.
Scientists detect a quantum crystal of electrons and “watch” it melt
New observations confirm an 80-year-old quantum theory.
Professor Emeritus Ali Javan, inventor of the first gas laser, dies at 89
Longtime MIT professor was a trailblazer in the fields of laser technology and quantum electronics.
How to make electrons behave like a liquid
Analysis predicts exotic behaviors such as “negative resistance,” based on fluid-like effects.
Quantum materials: A new paradigm for computing?
Diamond spintronics and graphene-based infrared detectors are among leading-edge technologies reported at annual Materials Day Symposium at MIT.
Quantum physics meets genetic engineering
Researchers use engineered viruses to provide quantum-based enhancement of energy transport.
MIT team creates ultracold molecules
At near absolute zero, molecules may start to exhibit exotic states of matter.
Fluid mechanics suggests alternative to quantum orthodoxy
New math explains dynamics of fluid systems that mimic many peculiarities of quantum mechanics.
3 Questions: Alan Guth on new insights into the ‘Big Bang’
MIT physicist explains how new results bolster his 1980 theory of cosmic inflation.
Closing the ‘free will’ loophole
MIT researchers propose using distant quasars to test Bell’s theorem.