Quantum dots can spit out clone-like photons
System that generates coherent single particles of light could help pave the way for quantum information processors or communications.
Exploring the nature of intelligence
Undergraduate research projects show how students are advancing research in human and artificial intelligence, and applying intelligence tools to other disciplines.
Four from MIT named 2019 Sloan Research Fellows
Nikhil Agarwal, Daniel Harlow, Andrew Lawrie, and Yufei Zhao receive early-career fellowships.
Dan Huttenlocher named inaugural dean of MIT Schwarzman College of Computing
Alumnus and founding dean of Cornell Tech in New York City will return to MIT this summer.
Study of quark speeds finds a solution for a 35-year physics mystery
Number of proton-neutron pairs determine how fast the particles move, results suggest.
Climate change makes summer weather stormier yet more stagnant
Study finds rising temperatures feed more energy to thunderstorms, less to general circulation.
Predicting sequence from structure
Researchers have devised a faster, more efficient way to design custom peptides and perturb protein-protein interactions.
3Q: Machine learning and climate modeling
As machine learning expands into climate modeling, EAPS Associate Professor Paul O’Gorman answers what that looks like and why it's important now.
Mathematician finds balance and beauty in math
Zhiwei Yun seeks to connect seemingly disparate fields in mathematics.
Why too much DNA repair can injure tissue
Overactive repair system promotes cell death following DNA damage by certain toxins, study shows.
3Q: The symbiosis of chemistry and choreography
Dance gives graduate student Lindsey Orgren an artistic outlet and fuels her passion for research, adding immeasurable value to her MIT experience.
From the Marines to MIT
Brent Minchew has flown presidents and foreign dignitaries on Marine One. Today he studies how ice sheets evolve and respond to changing climate.
New technique pinpoints milestones in the evolution of bacteria
Results show bacterial genomes provide “shadow history” of animal evolution.
Unleashing perovskites’ potential for solar cells
New results show how varying the recipe could bring these materials closer to commercialization.
Biologists answer fundamental question about cell size
The need to produce just the right amount of protein is behind the striking uniformity of sizes.