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Diving into nuclear submarines
In 2021, the United States, United Kingdom and Australia formed a partnership, dubbed AUKUS, which will allow the Australian Navy to purchase several nuclear-powered submarines in an effort to modernize their fleet. Building a nuclear submarine program from scratch is anything but...
Jill Rahon: Soaring high in the Army — and in research
Starting off as a junior helicopter pilot, Lieutenant Colonel Jill  Rahon deployed to Afghanistan three times. During the last one, she was an air mission commander, the  pilot who is designated to interface with the ground troops throughout the mission. Today, Rahon...
Paola Cappellaro elected 2023 American Physical Society Fellow
Nominated by the Division of Atomic, Molecular & Optical Physics, Professor Cappellaro was cited, “[f]or groundbreaking contributions to quantum control and quantum sensing with spin systems.”
2023 Del Favero Thesis Prize
Xu will deliver the Del Favero Thesis Prize Lecture on the topic of his PhD work — optical control over nuclear degrees of freedom.
3 Questions: What should scientists and the public know about nuclear waste?
Professor Haruko Wainwright describes a new effort to communicate information about managing and disposing of spent fuel from nuclear reactors.
Making more magnetism possible with topology
Researchers have been working for years to understand the electron topology and magnetism in certain semimetals have been frustrated by the fact that the materials only display magnetic properties if they are cooled to just a few degrees above absolute zero. A...
Rafael Mariano Grossi speaks about nuclear power’s role at a critical moment in history
On September 22, Rafael Mariano Grossi, director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), delivered the 2023 David J. Rose Lecture in Nuclear Technology at MIT. This lecture series was started nearly 40 years ago in honor of the late Professor...
Sidney Yip wins Monie A. Ferst Award
Established in 1977, the Sigma Xi’s Monie A. Ferst Award honors “science and engineering teachers who have inspired their students to significant research achievements”.
The IAEA at the crossroads of history (2023 David J. Rose Lecture)
Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi, IAEA Friday, September 22, 2023. 11:00AM to noon EST MIT Samberg Conference Center, E52, 6th floor, 50 Memorial Drive Abstract The International Atomic Energy Agency helps the international community address many of its biggest challenges, including the...
Cancelling noise for improving quantum devices
For years, researchers have tried various ways to coax quantum bits — or qubits, the basic building blocks of quantum computers — to remain in their quantum state for ever-longer times, a key step in creating devices like quantum sensors, gyroscopes and...