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A new approach to fine-tuning quantum materials
An MIT-led group shows how to achieve precise control over the properties of Weyl semimetals and other exotic substances Quantum materials – those with electronic properties that are governed by the principles of quantum mechanics such as correlation and entanglement – can...
Bucci, Hartwig, Shirvan granted tenure
Matteo Bucci, Zach Hartwig, and Koroush Shirvan are among twelve faculty members granted tenure in six units across MIT’s School of Engineering in 2024.
Community members receive 2024 MIT Excellence Awards, Collier Medal, and Staff Award for Distinction in Service
Benjamin Lewis (left), a graduate student in the Institute for Data, Systems and Society in the MIT Schwarzman College of Computing, was the 2024 recipient of the Collier Medal for his work as founder of the Cambridge branch of End Overdose, a nonprofit dedicated to reducing drug-related overdose deaths. MIT President Sally Kornbluth presented his award at the ceremony. Photo: Steph Stevens Photography
Bilge Yildiz wins Faraday Medal
Bilge Yildiz is the recipient of the Faraday Medal of the Royal Society of Chemistry Electrochemistry Group for 2024.The medal is presented to an electrochemist working outside the UK and Ireland in recognition of their outstanding original contributions and innovation as a mid-career researcher in any field of electrochemistry.
Using MRI, engineers have found a way to detect light deep in the brain
The new technique could enable detailed studies of how brain cells develop and communicate with each other.
David Lanning, Course 22 professor emeritus and key contributor to the MIT Reactor, dies at 96
Described as making his point clear while remaining soft-spoken, he would state what he felt was needed, pull his glasses down over his nose, then peer over them. Former students and colleagues termed it the “Lanning Look” and say there was no...
Nuno Loureiro named director of MIT’s Plasma Science and Fusion Center
A lauded professor, theoretical physicist, and fusion scientist, Loureiro is keenly positioned to advance the center’s research and education goals.Loureiro succeeds Dennis Whyte, who stepped down at the end of 2023.
Zach Hartwig honored as “Committed to Caring” for 2023–25
The Committed to Caring (C2C) program at MIT is a student-driven initiative that celebrates faculty members who have served as exceptional mentors to graduate students. Hartwig is one of twenty-three MIT professors have been selected as recipients of the award for 2023-25, marking the most extensive cohort of honorees to date.
Mingda Li, one of two MIT teams selected for NSF sustainable materials grants
Chosen from 16 finalist teams, Prof Li’s project will be finding pathways to scale up sustainable topological materials, which have the potential to revolutionize next-generation microelectronics by showing superior electronic performance, such as dissipationless states or high-frequency response.
A new way to detect radiation involving cheap ceramics
Work by MIT engineers could lead to plethora of new applications, including better detectors for nuclear materials at ports.