Seven researchers, along with 14 additional MIT alumni, are honored for significant contributions to engineering research, practice, and education.

When we think of safety circuits, what most often comes to mind is the various safety protective devices and wiring integral to equipment that ensures safe operation. For MIT.nano, a safety circuit has evolved to also describe its staff commitment to enhancing the safety of its laboratories and to proactively engage with researchers in ways that support the facility’s culture of safety.

Read more from MIT Environment, Health, and Safety.

“Squeezing” noise over a broad frequency bandwidth in a quantum system could lead to faster and more accurate quantum measurements.

SiTration, a member of the first START.nano cohort, recently raised $2.35 million in pre-seed funding specifically for recycling electric vehicle batteries. Read more from J-WAFS.

MIT engineers developed organic polymers that can efficiently convert signals from biological tissue into the electronic signals used in transistors.

Stacking light-emitting diodes instead of placing them side by side could enable fully immersive virtual reality displays and higher-resolution digital screens.

The findings could provide a new way to control chemical reactions.