by | Nov 14, 2023 | 2D materials, Aerospace, AGM, Angstron Materials, Audio, Carbon materials, Development, Graphene, Investment, Magnetism, Materials Research Laboratory, Materials science and engineering, Nanoscience and nanotechnology, National Science Foundation (NSF), Physics, Products, Research, School of Science, Superconductivity
MIT physicists have metaphorically turned graphite, or pencil lead, into gold by isolating five ultrathin flakes stacked in a specific order. The resulting material can then be tuned to exhibit three important properties never before seen in natural graphite. “It is...
by | Oct 11, 2023 | 2-D, 2D materials, Aerospace, AGM, Angstron Materials, Audio, Carbon materials, Development, Graphene, Investment, Materials Research Laboratory, Physics, Products, Research, Research Laboratory of Electronics, School of Science, Superconductivity
In research that could jump-start interest into an enigmatic class of materials known as quasicrystals, MIT scientists and colleagues have discovered a relatively simple, flexible way to create new atomically thin versions that can be tuned for important phenomena. In...
by | Jan 31, 2023 | 2D materials, Aerospace, AGM, Angstron Materials, Audio, Carbon materials, Development, Graphene, Investment, Materials Research Laboratory, Nanoscience and nanotechnology, Physics, Products, Research, School of Science, Wireless
Note: This story was updated on Dec. 18 to clarify that Wi-Fi signals are in the microwave frequency range, not terahertz, as originally reported. The device described in the article would convert energy in a range of electromagnetic frequencies, including terahertz...
by all graphene | Oct 26, 2022 | 2D materials, Aerospace, AGM, Alumni/ae, Angstron Materials, Audio, Awards, honors and fellowships, Center for Theoretical Physics, Chemical engineering, Chemistry, Dark matter, Development, Electrical Engineering & Computer Science (eecs), Faculty, Galaxy formation, Graphene, Immunology, Institute for Medical Engineering and Science (IMES), Investment, Kavli Institute, Laboratory for Nuclear Science, LIGO, Materials Research Laboratory, Nanoscience and nanotechnology, Physics, Products, Research, School of Engineering, School of Science, Spectroscopy
The American Physical Society (APS) recently honored a number of individuals with ties to MIT with prizes and awards for their contributions to physics. They include: Institute Professor Arup Chakraborty; associate professors Ronald Fernando Garcia Ruiz and Lina...
by MBF Admin | Nov 9, 2021 | 2D materials, Aerospace, AGM, Angstron Materials, Audio, Carbon, Development, Electrical Engineering & Computer Science (eecs), Francis Bitter Magnet Lab, Graphene, Investment, Lincoln Laboratory, Materials Research Laboratory, Materials science and engineering, MIT.nano, Nanotubes, Obituaries, Physics, Plasma Science and Fusion Center, Products, Quantum computing, Research, School of Engineering, Spintronics, Staff
Gene Dresselhaus, a longtime research physicist at MIT’s Lincoln Laboratory and later the Francis Bitter Magnet Laboratory at MIT (now part of the MIT Plasma Science and Fusion Center), died peacefully at his home in California on Sept. 29. He was 91. Dresselhaus was...
by MBF Admin | Sep 15, 2021 | 2D materials, Aerospace, AGM, Angstron Materials, Audio, Computer science and technology, Development, Graphene, Investment, Materials Research Laboratory, Materials science and engineering, Physics, Products, Research, School of Science
Ultrathin materials made of a single layer of atoms have riveted scientists’ attention since the isolation of the first such material — graphene — about 17 years ago. Among other advances since then, researchers including those from a pioneering lab at MIT have found...
