A solar storm like the one that caused a nine-hour blackout across Quebec in 1989 could have even more dramatic effects if it ...

For decades, relaxor ferroelectrics have powered everything from medical ultrasounds to sonar systems, yet their inner atomic ...

Engineers have developed a wearable device that maps every movement of the human hand using sound waves. They hope to ...

A University of Washington-led team, with MIT and Intel, has developed a programmable photonic integrated circuit that uses phase-change materials to eliminate static power consumption. The chip can ...

MIT researchers found that chaotic laser light can transform into a precise, stable beam. This breakthrough enables much ...

The National Academy of Sciences announced today the election of 120 members and 25 international members in recognition of ...

Massachusetts Institute of Technology researchers discovered a paradoxical phenomenon in optical physics that could enable a ...

At the end of the day, because of the techniques we utilized, we can apply these post-quantum cryptography primitives while ...

The researchers want to better understand the fundamental physics of the pencil beam and the mechanisms behind its self ...

After a surprising discovery that overcomes a longstanding problem in fiber optics, MIT researchers demonstrated a biomedical ...

L. Rafael Reif is president emeritus and the Ray and Maria Stata professor of electrical engineering and computer science at ...