How to make a “perfect” solar absorber
New system aims to harness the full spectrum of available solar radiation.
Magnetic neural control with nanoparticles
Customized arrays of iron oxide nanoparticles are possible based on their differing responses to alternating magnetic fields, MIT researchers report.
Toward optical chips
A promising light source for optoelectronic chips can be tuned to different frequencies.
Physicists find a new way to push electrons around
Discovery might ultimately lead to new, more energy-efficient transistors and microchips.
Mass spectrometry in your hand
Electrospray arrays can dramatically downsize systems and costs for onsite chemical analysis — and many other applications.
A lifelong relationship with the Institute
Newly tenured Evelyn Wang — whose parents met at MIT — studies heat transfer in materials.
Pioneering bioelectronic interfaces
Flexible polymer probes and magnetic nanoparticles promise breakthroughs for treating paralysis and brain disease.
A new way to diagnose malaria
Using magnetic fields, technique can detect parasite’s waste products in infected blood cells.
Teaching light new tricks
Graduate student Wade Hsu and colleagues confine light to a crystal surface and design a transparent display using nanoparticles.
Developing new light and energy technologies
Silvija Gradečak customizes nanoscale systems for large-scale impact in light and energy.
A mirror with a peephole
MIT graduate student Yichen Shen designs a photonic crystal system that lets light pass through at a specific angle.
Running on waste heat
Gang Chen’s thermoelectric devices turn waste heat into electricity for vehicles and other machines.
Advanced thin-film technique could deliver long-lasting medication
Nanoscale, biodegradable drug-delivery method could provide a year or more of steady doses.
Following biological clues to better materials
Brad Olsen creates bioinspired and biofunctional materials for widely diverse applications.