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A quantum effect in topological semimetals demonstrated by MIT researchers could allow for the utilization of an untapped energy source.

Quantum computers could usher in a golden age of computing power, solving problems intractable on today’s machines.

System uses machine learning to analyze boundaries between crystal grains, allowing for selection of desired properties in a new metal.

Once deemed suitable only for high-speed communication systems, an alloy called InGaAs might one day rival silicon in high-performance computing.

MLK Visiting Scholar focuses on microelectronics for cell analysis and biomedical applications.

Three MIT seniors, Alice Ho, Francesca Macchiavello Cauvi, and Ava Waitz, and doctoral student Lucio Milanese have been awarded 2022 Schwarzman Scholarships. They will begin their program at Tsinghua University in Beijing next August.

Waitz was one of the first undergraduate users of MIT.nano in Fall 2019, and went on to present her work at the 2020 Microsystems Annual Research Conference.

Read more at MIT News.

Katharina Ribbeck, the Mark Hyman Jr. Career Development Associate Professor of Biological Engineering, wants to pinpoint exactly how SARSCoV- 2, the virus that causes Covid-19, binds to and travels through mucus.

Read more at MIT Spectrum.

The initiation of droplet and bubble formation on surfaces can now be directly imaged, allowing for design of more efficient condensers and boilers.

New system enables realistic variations in glossiness across a 3D-printed surface. The advance could aid fine art reproduction and the design of prosthetics.