Sensing and controlling microscopic spin density in materials
By fine-tuning the spin density in some materials, researchers may be able to develop new quantum sensors or quantum simulations.
By fine-tuning the spin density in some materials, researchers may be able to develop new quantum sensors or quantum simulations.
Made of cement, carbon black, and water, the device could provide cheap and scalable energy storage for renewable energy sources.
The device detects the same molecules that cell receptors do, and may enable routine early screening for cancers and other diseases.
Work with skyrmions could have applications in future computers and more.
New repair techniques enable microscale robots to recover flight performance after suffering severe damage to the artificial muscles that power their wings.
High school students spend time at MIT building a low-cost fuel cell.
Developed at SMART, the nondestructive nanosensors could have wide applications in agricultural science.
A quick electric pulse completely flips the material’s electronic properties, opening a route to ultrafast, brain-inspired, superconducting electronics.
The MIT professor discussed a new nanoengineered platform to investigate strongly correlated and topological physics.
Palacios has served as director of the 6-A MEng Thesis Program, industry officer, and professor of electrical engineering.
A technique for synthesizing many “white graphene” nanotubes at a time paves the way for stronger, heat-resistant composites, and membranes for renewable energy.
Professors Arup Chakraborty, Lina Necib, and Ronald Fernando Garcia Ruiz as well as Yuan Cao SM ’16, PhD ’20; Alina Kononov ’14; Elliott H. Lieb ’53; Haocun Yu PhD ’20; and others honored for contributions to physics.
The findings could inform the design of practical superconducting devices.
Inspired by fireflies, researchers create insect-scale robots that can emit light when they fly, which enables motion tracking and communication.
The advance allows the particles to be placed deeper within biological tissue, which could aid with cancer diagnosis or monitoring.