July 6, 2026
Discovery helps explain why solid-state batteries often fail
Zach Winn | MIT News New research could help prevent the formation of tiny seeds of lithium metal within the electrolyte, enabling batteries that charge faster and last longer.
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June 30, 2026
MIT researchers advance toward greater bandwidth, more energy-efficient communications
Elizabeth A. Thomson | Materials Research Laboratory The FUTUR-IC research program integrates electronics and photonics in microchip systems.
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June 29, 2026
Graphene can hold multiple states of superconductivity, a new study finds
Jennifer Chu | MIT News What’s more, the superconducting states get stronger under conditions expected to kill them.
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June 23, 2026
New chip could help tiny robots traverse complex environments
Adam Zewe | MIT News Researchers combined an efficient algorithm with dedicated hardware to rapidly generate 3D maps for navigation using minimal memory and power.
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June 10, 2026
To study how chips really work, MIT researchers built their own operating system
Rachel Gordon | MIT CSAIL A new kernel called Fractal gives researchers a cleaner view of what’s happening inside a processor, and has already surfaced previously unknown behavior…
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June 10, 2026
Pablo Jarillo-Herrero wins Kavli Prize in Nanoscience
Julia C. Keller | School of Science The MIT physicist shares the honor with two others for foundational research establishing the field of twistronics.
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June 8, 2026
Improving the performance of high-power electronics
Adam Zewe | MIT News By using a thin layer of diamond to manage excessive heat, researchers can boost the speed and energy-efficiency of next-generation wireless devices.
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May 28, 2026
MIT researchers develop a low-cost technique to get lithium out of rocks
Zach Winn | MIT News The low-temperature process could unlock cleaner lithium from America’s abundant hard rock while minimizing waste.
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May 13, 2026
Researchers “reprogram” materials by quickly rearranging their atoms
Zach Winn | MIT News A new method for precisely moving columns of individual atoms within a material could give rise to exotic quantum properties.
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May 12, 2026
Improving the reliability of circuits for quantum computers
Adam Zewe | MIT News A new technique helps scientists measure a phenomenon that can cause quantum circuits to perform differently than expected, increasing the error in…
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