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3D printing tiny parts for big impact
Professor Nicholas Fang’s startup Boston Micro Fabrication uses a novel light-focusing method to make ultraprecise printers.
Advance may enable “2D” transistors for tinier microchip components
Atomically thin materials are a promising alternative to silicon-based transistors; now researchers can connect them more efficiently to other chip elements.
Nanostructured device stops light in its tracks
MIT researchers develop compact on-chip device for detecting electric-field waveforms with attosecond time resolution.
Q&A: Vivienne Sze on crossing the hardware-software divide for efficient artificial intelligence
Her research focuses on more-efficient deep neural networks to process video, and more-efficient hardware to run applications.
School of Engineering welcomes new faculty
Fifteen new professors join the MIT community.
Researchers improve efficiency of next-generation solar cell material
Reducing internal losses could pave the way to low-cost perovskite-based photovoltaics that match silicon cells’ output.
Researchers introduce a new generation of tiny, agile drones
The technology could boost aerial robots’ repertoire, allowing them to operate in cramped spaces and withstand collisions.
Data transfer system connects silicon chips with a hair’s-width cable
The advance could improve energy efficiency of data centers and lighten the load for electronics-rich vehicles.
Eight from MIT named 2021 Sloan Research Fellows
Luquiao Liu one of eight recognized
Intel’s 2020 Outstanding Researcher Awards Recognize 18 Academic Researchers
Tomas Palacios is one of 18 researchers recognized