Reasserting U.S. leadership in microelectronics
MIT researchers lay out a strategy for how universities can help the U.S. regain its place as a semiconductor superpower.
Gene Dresselhaus, influential research scientist in solid-state physics, dies at 91
Over 50 years at MIT, Dresselhaus made lasting contributions to materials science within the research group of longtime collaborator and wife, Mildred Dresselhaus.
Aziza Almanakly, Belinda Li Selected to Receive Clare Boothe Luce Graduate Fellowship for Women
The rigorous selection process for this prestigious fellowship took into account the two students’ outstanding track record of scientific achievement and inquiry, as well as their contributions to the STEM community.
Clearing the way toward robust quantum computing
A tunable coupler can switch the qubit-qubit interaction on and off. Unwanted, residual (ZZ) interaction between the two qubits is eliminated by harnessing higher energy levels of the…
Work on three graphene-based devices may yield new insights into superconductivity.
PhD candidate Aziza Almanakly stands in front of MIT’s Great Dome. EECS PhD candidate Aziza Almanakly recently received news of an exciting honor: together with nine other MIT…
Top row (l-r): James Diao, Fiona Chen, Enrique Toloza; Middle row (l-r): Charlie Changwon Lee, Brian Chang, Aziza Almanakly; Bottom row (l-r): Ashwin Sah, Archana Podury, Alaleh Azhir. Images…
Transforming quantum computing’s promise into practice
MIT electrical engineer William D. Oliver develops the fundamental technology to enable reliable quantum computers at scale. Image credit: Adam Glanzman. It was music that sparked William Oliver’s…
Explained: Quantum engineering
MIT computer engineers are working to make quantum computing’s promise a reality. Image: Jose-Luis Olivares, MIT Since the 1940s, classical computers have improved at breakneck speed. Today you can…
iQuHACK 2021: MIT gears up for its second annual interdisciplinary quantum computing hackathon
A view of the mounted ion trap that forms the core of a small quantum computer. Photo courtesy Kai Hudek, of IonQ. The members of iQuISE, MIT’s student-led…