by MBF Admin | Nov 9, 2021 | 2D materials, Aerospace, AGM, Angstron Materials, Audio, Carbon, Development, Electrical Engineering & Computer Science (eecs), Francis Bitter Magnet Lab, Graphene, Investment, Lincoln Laboratory, Materials Research Laboratory, Materials science and engineering, MIT.nano, Nanotubes, Obituaries, Physics, Plasma Science and Fusion Center, Products, Quantum computing, Research, School of Engineering, Spintronics, Staff
Gene Dresselhaus, a longtime research physicist at MIT’s Lincoln Laboratory and later the Francis Bitter Magnet Laboratory at MIT (now part of the MIT Plasma Science and Fusion Center), died peacefully at his home in California on Sept. 29. He was 91. Dresselhaus was...
by MBF Admin | Oct 12, 2021 | 2D materials, Aerospace, AGM, Angstron Materials, Audio, Awards, honors and fellowships, Collaboration, Development, Faculty, Funding, Graphene, Investment, Nanoscience and nanotechnology, Physics, Products, Quantum computing, Quantum physics, Research, School of Science, Superconductors
Pablo Jarillo-Herrero, the Cecil and Ida Green Professor of Physics at MIT, has received the 2021 Max Planck-Humboldt Research Award from the Max Planck Society and the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation for his work on two-dimensional quantum materials. In 2018,...
by MBF Admin | Sep 15, 2021 | 2D materials, Aerospace, AGM, Angstron Materials, Audio, Computer science and technology, Development, Graphene, Investment, Materials Research Laboratory, Materials science and engineering, Physics, Products, Research, School of Science
Ultrathin materials made of a single layer of atoms have riveted scientists’ attention since the isolation of the first such material — graphene — about 17 years ago. Among other advances since then, researchers including those from a pioneering lab at MIT have found...
by MBF Admin | Aug 4, 2021 | 2D materials, Aerospace, AGM, Angstron Materials, Audio, Department of Defense (DoD), Development, DMSE, Environment, Global, Graphene, Investment, Materials science and engineering, MIT Energy Initiative, Nuclear power and reactors, Nuclear science and engineering, Plasma Science and Fusion Center, Pollution, Products, Research, School of Engineering, Water
Some kinds of water pollution, such as algal blooms and plastics that foul rivers, lakes, and marine environments, lie in plain sight. But other contaminants are not so readily apparent, which makes their impact potentially more dangerous. Among these invisible...
by MBF Admin | Jul 21, 2021 | 2D materials, Aerospace, AGM, Angstron Materials, Audio, Carbon, Department of Energy (DoE), Development, Graphene, Investment, National Science Foundation (NSF), Physics, Products, Research, School of Science, Superconductors
MIT physicists have observed signs of a rare type of superconductivity in a material called magic-angle twisted trilayer graphene. In a study appearing today in Nature, the researchers report that the material exhibits superconductivity at surprisingly high magnetic...
