MIT researchers to play key roles in new Center for Integrated Quantum Materials
Professor Raymond C. Ashoori will serve as co-principal investigator in the Harvard-led effort to develop new devices for quantum computing.
Dina Katabi and Sara Seager win MacArthur ‘genius grants’
Two MIT professors are among 24 recipients nationwide of this year’s unrestricted $625,000 prizes from the MacArthur Foundation.
Understanding a new kind of magnetism
Researchers use low-frequency laser pulses to probe the properties of a kind of fluctuating magnetism known as a spin-liquid state.
Q&A: John Richardson and John Belcher on Voyager 1’s crossing and interstellar exploration
Beyond the solar system, a probe launched in 1977 is likely to find a cold, dense sea of cosmic rays.
How quickly can a bacterium grow?
Physicist finds that E. coli replicate close to thermodynamic limits of efficiency.
Making connections in the eye
Wiring diagram of retinal neurons is first step toward mapping the human brain.
Two MIT faculty members named Simons Investigators
Senthil Todadri and Piotr Indyk are among 13 mathematicians and scientists selected.
In it for the long run
When Millie Dresselhaus won the prestigious Kavli Award last year, she put her money where her career has been.
Superfluid turbulence through the lens of black holes
Study finds behavior of the turbulent flow of superfluids is opposite that of ordinary fluids.
A new way to trap light
MIT researchers discover a new phenomenon that could lead to new types of lasers and sensors.
Researchers build an all-optical transistor
An optical switch that can be turned on by a single photon could point toward new designs for both classical and quantum computers.
Miklos Porkolab receives Hannes Alfvén Prize
Professor cited for contributions to fusion energy development and the physics of plasma waves
Robert Meservey, pioneering MIT physicist, dies at 92
Buckley Prize winner was member of the Institute community for more than 50 years.