MIT to share in $3.2 million grant to create a statewide technician-training program in advanced manufacturing
MassBridge will create curriculum for the advanced manufacturing needs of today’s economy.
New type of atomic clock keeps time even more precisely
The design, which uses entangled atoms, could help scientists detect dark matter and study gravity’s effect on time.
Ultracold atoms reveal a new type of quantum magnetic behavior
The findings may help researchers design “spintronic” devices and novel magnetic materials.
An LED that can be integrated directly into computer chips
The advance could cut production costs and reduce the size of microelectronics for sensing and communication.
Physicists capture the sound of a “perfect” fluid
The results should help scientists study the viscosity in neutron stars, the plasma of the early universe, and other strongly interacting fluids.
Lighting up the ion trap
Fiber optics built into a chip can deliver all the laser light needed to control ions for quantum computing and sensing.
Scaling up the quantum chip
MIT engineers develop a hybrid process that connects photonics with “artificial atoms,” to produce the largest quantum chip of its type.
Professional societies fund future photonics technicians
IEEE, SPIE, and OSA will support students within a new program launched in collaboration with MIT’s Initiative for Knowledge and Innovation in Manufacturing.
Mirrored chip could enable handheld dark-field microscopes
Simple chip powered by quantum dots allows standard microscopes to visualize difficult-to-image biological organisms.
A new facet for germanium
MIT researchers grow perfectly shaped germanium tunnels on silicon oxide with controllable length.
Researchers discover a new way to control infrared light
The new method could impact devices used in imaging, machine learning, and more.
A trapped-ion pair may help scale up quantum computers
Qubits made from strontium and calcium ions can be precisely controlled by technology that already exists.
How to verify that quantum chips are computing correctly
A new method determines whether circuits are accurately executing complex operations that classical computers can’t tackle.
Using online, game-based simulations to train photonic technicians and engineers
MIT wins $5 million grant to develop a virtual lab that will prepare students for jobs in industry and government.
A new mathematical approach to understanding zeolites
Study of minerals widely used in industrial processes could lead to discovery of new materials for catalysis and filtering.