Lincoln Laboratory

A fully depleted silicon-on-insulator complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor circuit wafer

Lincoln Lab transfers integrated circuit process to industry

Fabrication technique will enable SkyWater Technology to manufacture a range of electronics that can withstand harsh radiation environments.

June 25, 2020

Lincoln Laboratory staff estimated demand for personal protective equipment in Massachusetts.

Steady demand for PPE might encourage local businesses to start production

Lincoln Laboratory study estimates daily demand in the millions for masks and gloves over the next 18 months in Massachusetts.

June 16, 2020

More than 100 people participated in a four-hour online robot race, which served as the final project for MIT Course 6.141/16.405 (Robotics: Science and Systems).

Photorealistic simulator made MIT robot racing competition a live online experience

Teaching assistants in Robotics: Science and Systems pulled out all the stops to help engineering students race across the finish line this spring.

June 9, 2020

The Massachusetts Emergency Response Team (M-ERT) has been aided by a large group of MIT faculty, students, staff, and alumni as it has helped local manufacturers begin producing personal protective equipment. This photo, from April 13, 2020, shows Gov. Charlie Baker, left, and Brenna Schneider, CEO of 99Degrees, who holds one of the hundreds of thousands of medical isolation gowns her company has...

MIT plays key role in statewide effort to produce PPE

Massachusetts Emergency Response Team helps manufacturers produce personal protective equipment and other medical devices for health care workers.

June 9, 2020

Professor Emeritus Michael Athans, pioneer in control theory, dies at 83

Longtime professor of electrical engineering was also a transformative director of the MIT Laboratory for Information and Decisions Systems.

June 8, 2020

Artist's depiction of LES-9. The LES-9 vehicle was launched in 1976 along with a “sister” satellite, LES-8.

Lincoln Laboratory decommissions Lincoln Experimental Satellite–9

After more than 44 years of providing satellite communications, the LES-9 workhorse retires from service with a record of groundbreaking technical achievement.

May 27, 2020

White blood cells are among the first to mount an attack against sepsis, a deadly complication of Covid-19. In a project led by MIT Professor Daniela Rus, researchers are developing a machine learning system to detect an activated immune response to sepsis which could lead to earlier, more aggressive treatment. Here, a white blood cell attacks malaria.

Marshaling artificial intelligence in the fight against Covid-19

The MIT-IBM Watson AI Lab is funding 10 research projects aimed at addressing the health and economic consequences of the pandemic.

May 19, 2020

Lincoln Laboratory is testing uncertified N95s, KN95s, and respirator mask material to check the masks’ effectiveness in filtering particles and resisting seepage from blood spatter.

Testing whether uncertified N95 masks are effective

Lincoln Laboratory joins MIT and others in testing N95 and similar, imported respirator masks to check how well they keep out particles and blood.

May 13, 2020

Marija Ilic — a senior research scientist at the Laboratory for Information and Decision Systems, affiliate of the MIT Institute for Data, Systems, and Society, senior staff in MIT Lincoln Laboratory’s Energy Systems Group, and Carnegie Mellon University professor emerita — is a researcher on a mission: making electric energy systems future-ready.

Shedding light on complex power systems

Senior Research Scientist Marija Ilic is making electric energy systems future-ready.

April 23, 2020

In this lidar map, AI algorithms have identified roads (red). By pairing this map with OpenStreetMaps, users can plan routes around roads that are deemed impassable and can do so at the scale of an entire sortie, which here covers about 400 square miles.

With lidar and artificial intelligence, road status clears up after a disaster

Automated tools can help emergency managers make decisions, plan routes, and quantify road damage at city scales.

April 21, 2020

A new system relies on short-range Bluetooth signals emitted from people’s smartphones to trace who they've been in contact with. These signals represent random strings of numbers, likened to “chirps” that other nearby smartphones can remember hearing, offering a way to find people who may have been in contact with people who have tested positive for Covid-19.

Bluetooth signals from your smartphone could automate Covid-19 contact tracing while preserving privacy

A system that enables smartphones to transmit “chirps” to nearby devices could notify people if they have been near an infected person.

April 8, 2020

A public website allows North Macedonians to follow the number of Covid-19 cases and find locations of health resources. This website is part of the Next-Generation Incident Command System, which emergency agencies throughout North Macedonia are using to coordinate Covid-19 response.

Emergency-coordination system from Lincoln Laboratory supports Covid-19 response

North Macedonia is using the Next-Generation Incident Command System to coordinate emergency services and inform the public about Covid-19 cases.

April 6, 2020

Robyn Goodner, who serves as a maker technical specialist for Project Manus, models the face shield design in the Metropolis Makerspace.

MIT initiates mass manufacture of disposable face shields for Covid-19 response

A team from MIT has designed disposable face shields that can be mass produced quickly to address hospitals’ needs nationwide.

March 31, 2020

MIT joins a consortium of supercomputing resources to help speed the search for Covid-19 solutions.

MIT joins White House supercomputing effort to speed up search for Covid-19 solutions

Consortium includes industry, government, and academic institutions.

March 23, 2020

Throughout her undergraduate studies in Course 2-OE, MIT senior Michelle Kornberg has had opportunities to work on technologies in Boston Harbor and the Charles River.

Understanding the impact of climate change on the ocean

MIT senior Michelle Kornberg uses her background in mechanical and ocean engineering to track how climate change has impacted underwater environments.