MIT Discovers Semiconductor That Can Perform Far Better Than Silicon
Researchers from MIT and elsewhere have found a material that can perform much better than silicon. The next step is finding practical and economic ways…
Researchers from MIT and elsewhere have found a material that can perform much better than silicon. The next step is finding practical and economic ways…
Q&A: MIT’s Neil Thompson on Computing Power and Innovation Innovation in many industries has been fueled by rapid increases in the speed and power of…
This family of crystalline compounds is at the forefront of research pursuing alternatives to silicon. Perovskites have great potential for creating solar panels that could…
New surface treatments could save energy for systems used in many industries. At the heart of a wide range of industrial processes, including most electricity…
“Space Bubbles” – The Deflection of Solar Radiation Using Thin-Film Inflatable Bubble Rafts An interdisciplinary group of scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology is…
Ritu Raman leads the Raman Lab, where she creates adaptive biological materials for applications in medicine and machines. It seems that Ritu Raman was born…
A new technique to measure vibrating atoms could improve the precision of atomic clocks and of quantum sensors for detecting dark matter or gravitational waves….
Better Living Through Multicellular Life Cycles For many organisms, ranging from microbes to complex multicellular life, cooperation is an essential aspect of life. It emerges…
MIT professor Donald Sadoway’s work could enable long-term storage of renewable energy. For his work on liquid metal batteries that could enable the long-term storage…
Scientists have found that the porosity of the moon’s crust reveals its bombardment history. Furthermore, the moon has sustained twice as many impacts as can…
A distant neutron star could be the origin of the clear and periodic pattern of fast radio bursts. A strange and persistent radio signal from…
Tissue Model Reveals Key Players in Liver Regeneration By tracing the steps of liver regrowth, MIT engineers are striving to harness the liver’s regenerative abilities…
Foams that incorporate small amounts of carbon monoxide gas could be delivered to the GI tract to combat colitis and other conditions. Carbon monoxide is…
MIT researchers develop a comfortable, form-fitting fabric that accurately recognizes its wearer’s activities, like walking, running, and jumping. Using a novel fabrication process, scientists at…
Long predicted but never observed before, this fluid-like electron behavior could be leveraged for efficient low-power next-generation electronics. Water molecules, although being distinct particles, flow…
MIT engineers expand the capabilities of these ultrasensitive nanoscale detectors, with potential uses for biological sensing and quantum computing. With the ability to detect the…
Quaise Energy, an MIT spinout, is working to create geothermal wells made from the deepest holes in the world. There’s an abandoned coal power plant…
Christoph Paus, the MIT physicist who co-led the effort to detect the particle, looks ahead to the next 10 years. July 4, 2022, marked 10…