Research Laboratory of Electronics
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Summer Scholars deepen research skills
Fourteen undergraduate interns gain experience in MIT labs.
September 10, 2014 -
A new way to diagnose malaria
Using magnetic fields, technique can detect parasite’s waste products in infected blood cells.
August 31, 2014 -
EECS lauds its faculty leadership
New co-education and undergraduate laboratories officers welcomed
July 21, 2014 -
John King, professor emeritus of physics, dies at 88
Innovative researcher and educator was a champion of attacking science problems with “ferocious vigor.”
July 7, 2014 -
School of Engineering awards for 2014
Awards given to outstanding faculty, and graduate and undergraduate students
June 3, 2014 -
The science of networking
MIT senior Esther Jang uses science, engineering, and teaching to help others and challenge herself.
May 20, 2014 -
Terahertz imaging on the cheap
New theory could reduce number of sensors required for high-resolution imaging systems.
May 5, 2014 -
Mastering the biological and engineering worlds
Rahul Sarpeshkar bridges biology and engineering to advance research and applications in biotechnology, medicine, and supercomputing.
April 22, 2014 -
Excitons observed in action for the first time
Technique developed at MIT reveals the motion of energy-carrying quasiparticles in solid material.
April 16, 2014 -
New ‘switch’ could power quantum computing
A light lattice that traps atoms may help scientists build networks of quantum information transmitters.
April 9, 2014 -
A new angle on controlling light
System could provide first method for filtering light waves based on direction.
March 27, 2014 -
Engineers design ‘living materials’
Hybrid materials combine bacterial cells with nonliving elements that can conduct electricity or emit light.
March 23, 2014 -
3-D images, with only one photon per pixel
New scheme could enable laser rangefinders to infer depth from a hundredth as much light — and to produce images from only one nine-hundredth the light.
November 28, 2013 -
David Perreault is appointed EECS associate department head
Munther Dahleh is appointed as acting director of ESD and new organization with focus on socio-technical systems, information and decision systems and statistics.
November 27, 2013 -
Researchers develop new method for understanding network connections
Technique could be applied to the study of disease, social networks and other diverse fields.
August 2, 2013 -
A new way to trap light
MIT researchers discover a new phenomenon that could lead to new types of lasers and sensors.
July 10, 2013 -
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.
July 4, 2013 -
Dennis Freeman appointed dean for undergraduate education
Electrical engineering and computer science professor has lengthy record of leadership in teaching, advising and curricular innovation.
June 6, 2013 -
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.
May 20, 2013 -
Toward practical compressed sensing
Researchers show how the vagaries of real-world circuitry affect the performance of a promising new technique in signal processing and imaging.
February 1, 2013