Quantum sensing on a chip
Researchers integrate diamond-based sensing components onto a chip to enable low-cost, high-performance quantum hardware.
New insights into bismuth’s character
Theorists at MIT and collaborators uncover hidden topological insulator states in bismuth crystals.
Enriching solid-state batteries
MIT researchers demonstrate a method to make a smaller, safer, and faster lithium-rich ceramic electrolyte.
Understanding how plants use sunlight
Studies of how photoprotection works at the molecular level may provide a pathway to more biomass and crops.
Faculty highlight: Raymond Ashoori
Novel experimental technique reveals exotic behaviors in graphene systems.
Introducing high school students to laser spectroscopy
Jill Sewell shepherds the Lambda Project in Professor Keith A. Nelson's lab.
A collaborative effort breaks Fourier's law
MIT researchers find that Fourier's law of heat conduction breaks down at lengths much longer than previously thought.
Faculty highlight: Keith Nelson
Spectroscopy techniques demonstrate ballistic motion at micron length scales, open door to new possibilities for semiconductors, thermoelectrics.
Improving the accuracy of cancer diagnoses
New spectroscopy technique could help doctors better identify breast tumors.
Faster way to probe proteins
Infrared spectroscopy allows scientists to analyze protein structure on an ultrafast timescale.
An element that's rare on Earth is found far, far away
Tellurium detected for the first time in ancient stars.
Movies of electrons
Lasers that emit pulses lasting a quintillionth of a second could characterize the behavior of individual electrons during chemical reactions.
Shining a light — literally — on diabetes
Device from MIT lab could help diabetic patients monitor their blood glucose levels without finger pricks.