Single-photon transmitter could enable new quantum devices
Long-sought goal for quantum devices — the ability to transmit single photons while blocking multiple photons — is finally achieved.
Long-sought goal for quantum devices — the ability to transmit single photons while blocking multiple photons — is finally achieved.
Researchers measure the orientation of a multiplanet system and find it very similar to our own solar system.
Goldwasser, Guionnet and Seidel are among 21 researchers selected.
UC Berkeley joins Harvard and MIT not-for-profit online-learning collaborative; edX broadens free course offerings into public health, computer science and solid-state chemistry; opens registration
Jarillo-Herrero, Lu, Pathak, Sinha and Thaler among 96 winners.
Findings suggest the surface of Saturn’s largest moon may have undergone a recent transformation.
Applied mathematics, computer science professor honored for contributions in computational biology and bioinformatics.
Platinum compound may offer an alternative to cisplatin, a widely used chemotherapy agent.
In clinical trial, mixture developed at MIT appears to help overcome loss of connections between brain cells.
Alumnus’ wide-ranging MIT interests included neuroscience, aeronautics, political science and the arts and humanities.
Tiny cylinders help reveal how natural-light-harvesting antennae collect light with exceptional efficiency.
Dozens of MIT physicists were part of the team that found what might be the Higgs boson. What does their discovery mean, and what’s next for particle physics?
Dozens of MIT researchers contribute to breakthrough in particle physics.
What to do in the event of an asteroid streaking toward Earth? Activate the asteroid ‘fire drill.’
Longtime member of the biology faculty to succeed L. Rafael Reif as the Institute’s senior academic and budget officer.