Tests show high-temperature superconducting magnets are ready for fusion

In the predawn hours of Sept. 5, 2021, engineers achieved a major milestone in the labs…

New study shows how universities are critical to emerging fusion industry

A new study suggests that universities have an essential role to fulfill in the continued growth…

Celebrating five years of MIT.nano

There is vast opportunity for nanoscale innovation to transform the world in positive ways — expressed…

Team engineers nanoparticles using ion irradiation to advance clean energy and fuel conversion

MIT researchers and colleagues have demonstrated a way to precisely control the size, composition, and other…

Canceling noise to improve quantum devices

For years, researchers have tried various ways to coax quantum bits — or qubits, the basic…

MIT faculty tackle big ideas in a symposium kicking off Inauguration Day

Big ideas took the stage on Monday morning, ahead of the inauguration of MIT’s 18th president,…

Michael Short wins 2022 MIT Bose Award for Excellence in Teaching

This year’s Bose Award for Excellence in Teaching has been presented to MIT Class of ‘42 Associate Professor…

Quantum sensor can detect electromagnetic signals of any frequency

Quantum sensors, which detect the most minute variations in magnetic or electrical fields, have enabled precision…

MIT expands research collaboration with Commonwealth Fusion Systems to build net energy fusion machine, SPARC

MIT’s Plasma Science and Fusion Center (PSFC) will substantially expand its fusion energy research and education…

MIT announces five flagship projects in first-ever Climate Grand Challenges competition

MIT today announced the five flagship projects selected in its first-ever Climate Grand Challenges competition. These…