Toward practical quantum computers
Built-in optics could enable chips that use trapped ions as quantum bits.
Research Laboratory of Electronics
What’s wasting power at home? Ask your app!
New system from MIT can identify how much power is being used by each device in a household.
Scientists program cells to remember and respond to series of stimuli
New approach to biological circuit design enables scientists to track cell histories.
New mid-infrared laser system could detect atmospheric chemicals
Laser pulses produce glowing plasma filaments in open air, could enable long-distance monitoring.
New approach to microlasers
Technique for “phase locking” arrays of tiny lasers could lead to terahertz security scanners.
New method snips complex fibers into uniform particles
Stretching process can produce nanoscale rods or strips made of many material combinations.
Light can “heal” defects in some solar cells
Defects in some new electronic materials can be removed by making ions move under illumination.
Speedy terahertz-based system could detect explosives
Spectroscopic system with chip-scale lasers cuts detection time from minutes to microseconds.
New approach to sorting cells
Microfluidic device distinguishes cells based on how they respond to acoustic vibrations.
Good medicine
Varesh Prasad, an MIT graduate student in health sciences and technology, is creating a multidisciplinary future in health care.
Stabilizing quantum bits
Feedback technique used on diamond “qubits” could make quantum computing more practical.
New institute will accelerate innovations in fibers and fabrics
National public-private consortium led by MIT will involve manufacturers, universities, agencies, companies.
Monterrey Tec researchers exhilarated by nanotech challenges
The Tec de Monterrey and MIT Program fosters exchanges in nanotechnology and nanoscience, with the goal of helping the Tec to become a research university.