Tag: MIT
Molecular clock could greatly improve smartphone navigation
MIT researchers have developed the first molecular clock on a chip, which uses the constant, measurable rotation of molecules — when exposed to a...
3D Printing Is the Future of Factories (for Real This Time)
FACTORIES, THE CHIEF innovation of the industrial revolution, are cathedrals of productivity, built to shelter specialized processes and enforce the division of labor.
Adam Smith,...
Kirigami-inspired technique manipulates light at the nanoscale
Folding and cutting thin metal films could enable microchip-based 3-D optical devices.
Nanokirigami has taken off as a field of research in the last few...
A new way to mend a broken heart
“Therepi” device attaches directly to the damaged heart, enabling delivery of medicine from a port under a patient’s skin to augment cardiac function.
After a...
Turning up the heat on thermoelectrics
New materials, heated under high magnetic fields, could produce record levels of energy, model shows.
Imagine being able to power your car partly from the...
New materials, heated under high magnetic fields, could produce record levels...
Imagine being able to power your car partly from the heat that its engine gives off. Or what if you could get a portion...
Photonic communication comes to computer chips
With novel optoelectronic chips and a new partnership with a top silicon-chip manufacturer, MIT spinout Ayar Labs aims to increase speed and reduce energy...
Physicists discover new quantum electronic material
With an atomic structure resembling a Japanese basketweaving pattern, “kagome metal” exhibits exotic, quantum behavior.
A motif of Japanese basketweaving known as the kagome pattern...
