A simple white neural network in foreground is above four background textures: rough gold, wet plastic, a heat-map, and scratched metal.

MIT Engineers Develop a Way to Determine how the Surfaces of Materials Behave

David L. Chandler | MIT News

Using machine learning, the computational method can provide details of how materials work as catalysts, semiconductors, or battery components.

A computer rendering showing a mid-plane view of a magnetic confinement fusion tokamak. The structure consists of two semicircles, filled with a blue glow, connected by a hinge-like structure.

New Study Shows how Universities are Critical to Emerging Fusion Industry

Peter Reuell | Julianna Mullen | Plasma Science and Fusion Center

Fusion’s success as a renewable energy depends on the creation of an industry to support it, and academia is vital to that industry’s development.

A pink laser beam shoots through a unique glowing clock, which narrows the beam. Atom icons float against the dark background.

With a Quantum “Squeeze,” Clocks Could Keep Even More Precise Time, MIT Researchers Propose

Jennifer Chu | MIT News

Clocks, lasers, and other oscillators could be tuned to super-quantum precision, allowing researchers to track infinitesimally small differences in time, and measure quantum phenomena, including the presence of dark matter.

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Celebrating five years of MIT.nano

Amanda Stoll DiCristofaro | MIT.nano

The Nano Summit highlights nanoscale research across multiple disciplines at MIT.

Artist’s concept of four domes comprised of spheres representing nanoparticles. Three of the domes have different colored particle beams shining down on them.

Team Engineers Nanoparticles Using Ion Irradiation to Advance Clean Energy and Fuel Conversion

Elizabeth Thomson | Materials Research Laboratory

Combining the techniques, metal exsolution and ion irradiation, demonstrates control over key nanoparticle properties leading to better performance.

Rendering shows 3 parts as if on a grey table: a white model house on top; a fuel cell sandwiched in between two metal plates with spherical molecules floating around it; and on bottom is the electrolyzer, which looks similar to the fuel cell and has molecules floating around it.

Engineers Develop an Efficient Process to Make Fuel from Carbon Dioxide

David L. Chandler | MIT News

The approach directly converts the greenhouse gas into formate, a solid fuel that can be stored indefinitely and could be used to heat homes or power industries.

Morris Chang ’52, SM ’53 describes the secrets of semiconductor success

Peter Dizikes | MIT News

At MIT, a driving force in the chip-making industry discusses the rise of TSMC and Taiwan as a manufacturing center.

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Making More Magnetism Possible with Topology

Peter Reuell | Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering

MIT researchers show how topology can help create magnetism at higher temperatures.

Close-up photo of a quantum repeater module mounted on a gold-plated copper assembly and connected to green printed circuit boards, with optical fibers routed up.

Quantum Repeaters Use Defects in Diamond to Interconnect Quantum Systems

Ariana Tantillo | MIT Lincoln Laboratory

This technology for storing and transmitting quantum information over lossy links could provide the foundation for scalable quantum networking.

A closeup of the laser equipment shows metallic rods, a circuit board, wires, and lenses, all in a green glow.

Sensing and Controlling Microscopic Spin Density in Materials

David L. Chandler | MIT News

By fine-tuning the spin density in some materials, researchers may be able to develop new quantum sensors or quantum simulations.