How to make electrons behave like a liquid
Analysis predicts exotic behaviors such as “negative resistance,” based on fluid-like effects.
Quantum materials: A new paradigm for computing?
Diamond spintronics and graphene-based infrared detectors are among leading-edge technologies reported at annual Materials Day Symposium at MIT.
Quantum physics meets genetic engineering
Researchers use engineered viruses to provide quantum-based enhancement of energy transport.
MIT team creates ultracold molecules
At near absolute zero, molecules may start to exhibit exotic states of matter.
Fluid mechanics suggests alternative to quantum orthodoxy
New math explains dynamics of fluid systems that mimic many peculiarities of quantum mechanics.
3 Questions: Alan Guth on new insights into the ‘Big Bang’
MIT physicist explains how new results bolster his 1980 theory of cosmic inflation.
Closing the ‘free will’ loophole
MIT researchers propose using distant quasars to test Bell’s theorem.
Graphene can host exotic new quantum electronic states at its edges
New approach to use of 2-D carbon material opens up unexpected properties, could unleash new uses.
You can’t get entangled without a wormhole
MIT physicist finds the creation of entanglement simultaneously gives rise to a wormhole.
Superfluid turbulence through the lens of black holes
Study finds behavior of the turbulent flow of superfluids is opposite that of ordinary fluids.
Making quantum encryption practical
An MIT team that proposed a new, more-practical scheme for using quantum physics to secure data transmission has now demonstrated it experimentally.
Special deal on photon-to-electron conversion: Two for one!
New technique developed at MIT could enable a major boost in solar-cell efficiency.