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A cross-section of nano-crystalline bismuth antimony telluride grains, as viewed through transmission electron microscope. Colors highlight the features of each grain of the semiconductor alloy in bulk form. A team of researchers from Boston College and MIT produced a major increase in thermoelectric efficiency after using nanotechnology to structure the material, which is commonly used in industr...

Boston College, MIT researchers achieve dramatic increase in thermoelectric efficiency

Nanotech advance heralds new era in heating, cooling and power generation

March 20, 2008

John C. Szczepanski, Lincoln Laboratory senior staff member, 58

March 5, 2008

MIT Professor Peter Fisher celebrates with NBC's Conan O'Brien dur-ing an episode that aired in early February. Fisher, who helped the comedian spin his wedding ring on his desk for 51 seconds, is one of many MIT professors hitting the airwaves recently.

MIT physicists bask in the media limelight

Featured on late-night TV, '60 Minutes'

March 5, 2008

Graduate students Dan Casey and Mario Manuel, left, and senior research scientist Richard Petrasso of the MIT Plasma Science and Fusion Center with the detector used to study implosions that recreate the high temperatures and densities found inside stars.

New 'snapshots' aid quest for fusion energy

February 28, 2008

Spectroscopy lab celebrates new space with Feb. 27 event

February 20, 2008

MIT physicist to describe strange world of quarks, gluons

February 17, 2008

Turning 'funky' quantum mysteries into computing reality

February 16, 2008

Physics professor Jacqueline Hewitt, director of MIT's Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Science, stands behind a prototype of a radio telescope array. A team she leads has been chosen by NASA to develop plans for such an array on the far side of the moon.

MIT to lead development of new telescopes on moon

February 15, 2008

Assistant Professor of Physics Eric Hudson transfers liquid helium to cool the scanning tunneling microscope he is using in his research on high-temperature superconductivity.

MIT reveals superconducting surprise

A better understanding of material could bring 'endless applications'

February 12, 2008

From left, graduate student Jerome Mettetal, Professor Alexander van Oudenaarden and Harvard graduate student Dale Muzzey report insights on how cells respond to external stimuli.

MIT applies engineering approach to studying biological pathways

February 6, 2008

Interview with the dean: Marc Kastner, MIT School of Science

February 6, 2008

Kenneth A. Wright, longtime researcher at MIT, 88

January 22, 2008

Lewin's popularity extends to news media

January 16, 2008

MIT research scientist Luis Velasquez-Garcia, left, and Akintunde Ibitayo Akinwande, professor of electrical engineering and computer science, are developing a tiny sensor that can detect hazardous gases, including biochemical warfare agents.

MIT gas sensor is tiny, quick

Energy-efficient device could quickly detect hazardous chemicals

January 10, 2008

MIT involved in two of top 10 physics stories of 2007

December 19, 2007

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