Research Laboratory of Electronics
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Department snapshot: Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
EECS places renewed emphasis on interdisciplinary research, partnerships with alumni and industry, and experiential learning.
November 16, 2012 -
What number is halfway between 1 and 9? Is it 5 — or 3?
A new information-theoretical model of human sensory perception and memory sheds light on some peculiarities of the nervous system.
October 5, 2012 -
How to clean up oil spills
MIT researchers devise a surprisingly simple but effective method for magnetically separating oil and water.
September 12, 2012 -
A one-way street for spinning atoms
Work correlating ultracold atoms’ spin with their direction of motion may help physicists model new circuit devices and unusual phases of matter.
August 30, 2012 -
Hu awarded IEEE Photonics Society achievement award
August 10, 2012 -
Researchers build a toolbox for synthetic biology
Engineers design new proteins that can help control novel genetic circuits in cells.
August 3, 2012 -
Single-photon transmitter could enable new quantum devices
Long-sought goal for quantum devices — the ability to transmit single photons while blocking multiple photons — is finally achieved.
July 25, 2012 -
Five MIT researchers win presidential early career honors
Jarillo-Herrero, Lu, Pathak, Sinha and Thaler among 96 winners.
July 23, 2012 -
Research update: Chips with self-assembling rectangles
New technique allows production of complex microchip structures in one self-assembling step.
July 19, 2012 -
Dripping faucets inspire new way of creating structured particles
Researchers find new method for making spherical particles, from nanoscale to pinhead-sized — including complex beach-ball-like shapes.
July 18, 2012 -
Researchers explain how dye-based nanotubes can help harvest light’s energy
Tiny cylinders help reveal how natural-light-harvesting antennae collect light with exceptional efficiency.
July 6, 2012 -
A new approach to water desalination
Graphene sheets with precisely controlled pores have potential to purify water more efficiently than existing methods.
July 2, 2012 -
Teaching self-assembling structures a new trick
MIT researchers produce 3-D configurations that could lead to new microchips and other devices.
June 7, 2012 -
A physicist and an inventor
New technologies from Marin Soljacic’s lab could have a far-reaching impact on daily life.
May 14, 2012 -
In search of new ways of producing nano-materials
Kong’s research focuses on how to make and control novel forms of thin-film carbon.
May 9, 2012 -
Sensing when the brain is under pressure
New monitoring strategy forgoes surgery, could help doctors treat patients with head injuries.
April 11, 2012 -
Fiber laser points to woven 3-D displays
A fiber that can emit light along its length in any direction may herald flexible 3-D displays and medical tools that activate therapeutic compounds with bursts of light.
March 12, 2012 -
Microchips’ optical future
To keep energy consumption under control, future chips may need to move data using light instead of electricity — and the technical expertise to build them may reside in the United States.
February 15, 2012 -
3-D cameras for cellphones
Clever math could enable a high-quality 3-D camera so simple, cheap and power-efficient that it could be incorporated into handheld devices.
January 5, 2012 -
Self-aware computing project named a 'world changing' idea by Scientific American
Project Angstrom selected by magazine's editors; featured in December issue
December 20, 2011