Scientists gain new visibility into quantum information transfer
Advance holds promise for “wiring” of quantum computers and other systems, and opens new avenues for understanding basic workings of the quantum realm.
Astronomers detect earliest evidence yet of hydrogen in the universe
Emitted just 180 million years after Big Bang, signal indicates universe was much colder than expected.
Custom carpentry with help from robots
CSAIL’s robotic system minimizes dangerous sawing, helps users customize furniture.
Seeing the brain's electrical activity
Fluorescent sensor allows imaging of neurons' electrical communications, without electrodes.
Physicists create new form of light
Newly observed optical state could enable quantum computing with photons.
A microbial approach to agriculture
A new special subject, Agricultural Microbial Ecology, takes students to Israel.
New type of virus found in the ocean
The unusual characteristics of these abundant, bacteria-killing viruses could lead to evolutionary insights.
Microbial communities demonstrate high turnover
New research provides insight into the behavior of microbial communities in the ocean.
MIT collaboration enriches community college experience
More than half of Roxbury, Bunker Hill, students with summer lab experience at MIT go on to earn a four-year degree.
Cleaner air, longer lives
Research shows the Clean Air Act was likely responsible for a dramatic decline in atmospheric organic aerosol.
MIT Teaching Systems Lab to address assessments in maker education
Thanks to a National Science Foundation grant, TSL will collaborate with Maker Ed to improve school-based assessment practices in maker-centered education.
Rethinking transcription factors and gene expression
Study shows that, like proteins, genomes must fold appropriately to function properly and that some transcription factors provide the structural support.
Scientists observe supermassive black hole in infant universe
Findings present a puzzle as to how such a huge object could have grown so quickly.
Engineers 3-D print a “living tattoo”
New technique 3-D prints programmed cells into living devices for first time.
How badly do you want something? Babies can tell
Ten-month-old infants determine the value of a goal from how hard someone works to achieve it.