Featured video: Bringing “Einstein’s Dreams” to life
An MIT student in engineering and theater arts melds her dual passions to bring physics to the stage.
Endowing cells with new abilities
PhD student Fahim Farzadfard engineers cells to record “memories” of past events.
AFFOA launches state-of-the-art facility for prototyping advanced fabrics
New center for development of high-tech fibers and fabrics opens headquarters, unveils two products ready for commercialization.
Advanced Functional Fabrics of America opens headquarters steps from MIT campus
New AFFOA facility represents a significant MIT investment in advanced manufacturing innovation.
Toward optical quantum computing
Prototype device enables photon-photon interactions at room temperature.
Toward mass-producible quantum computers
Process for positioning quantum bits in diamond optical circuits could work at large scales.
Speeding up quality control for biologics
Nanofluidic device enables rapid testing of protein drugs produced by living cells.
Not stuck on silicon
Engineers use graphene as a “copy machine” to produce cheaper semiconductor wafers.
The sanity of the long-distance runner
Associate Professor Polina Anikeeva, in preparing for the Boston Marathon, shares her love of running.
Stretching the boundaries of neural implants
Rubbery, multifunctional fibers could be used to study spinal cord neurons and potentially restore function.
MIT researchers create new form of matter
Supersolid is crystalline and superfluid at the same time.
Tiny fibers open new windows into the brain
Three-in-one design allows genetic, chemical, optical, and electrical inputs and outputs.
New resource for optical chips
Study: Silicon can reproduce physical phenomena exploited by high-end telecommunications devices.
High-res biomolecule imaging
Technique could provide unique views of single molecules that conventional methods can’t match.