Work by MIT engineers could lead to plethora of new applications, including better detectors for nuclear materials at ports.

The work demonstrates control over key properties leading to better performance.

Thin flakes of graphite can be tuned to exhibit three important properties.

The results open the door to exploring superconductivity and other exotic electronic states in three-dimensional materials.

Flexible platform could produce enigmatic materials, lead to new studies of exotic phenomena.

Coupling engineered bacteria with low-power electronics could be highly effective in diagnosis, treatment of bowel diseases.

MIT system demonstrates greater than 100-fold improvement in energy efficiency and a 25-fold improvement in compute density compared with current systems.

The ultrasmall “switch” could be easily scaled.

Researchers discover how to control the anomalous Hall effect and Berry curvature to create flexible quantum magnets for use in computers, robotics, and sensors.

Work could lead to heady applications in novel electronics and more.