Engineers turn plastic insulator into heat conductor | MIT News

Technique could prevent overheating of laptops, mobile phones, and other electronics.

Jennifer Chu | MIT News Office • mit
March 30, 2018 ~8 min

Physicists create new form of light | MIT News

Newly observed optical state could enable quantum computing with photons.

Jennifer Chu | MIT News Office • mit
Feb. 15, 2018 ~8 min


Integrating the promise of photonics | MIT News

AIM Photonics Academy winter session draws over 60 participants from industry and academia.

Julie Diop | Materials Research Laboratory • mit
Jan. 29, 2018 ~3 min

New exotic phenomena seen in photonic crystals | MIT News

Researchers observe, for the first time, topological effects unique to an “open” system.

David L. Chandler | MIT News Office • mit
Jan. 11, 2018 ~6 min

MIT's AIM Photonics Academy looks to expand | MIT News

Recent Stonehill College meeting puts laser focus on plan to grow and enhance regional integrated photonics education and training.

Julie Diop | Materials Research Laboratory • mit
Nov. 30, 2017 ~4 min

Researchers develop flexible, stretchable photonic devices | MIT News

Light-based devices could be used as biomedical sensors or as flexible connectors for electronics.

David L. Chandler | MIT News Office • mit
Nov. 7, 2017 ~6 min

Material could bring optical communication onto silicon chips | MIT News

Ultrathin films of a semiconductor that emits and detects light can be stacked on top of silicon wafers.

Helen Knight | MIT News Office • mit
Oct. 23, 2017 ~6 min

Introducing the Materials Research Laboratory at MIT | MIT News

Materials Processing Center, Center for Materials Science and Engineering merger brings together formidable resources for advancing next-generation materials.

Denis Paiste | Materials Research Laboratory • mit
Oct. 10, 2017 ~9 min


Tiny “motors” are driven by light | MIT News

Researchers demonstrate nanoscale particles that ordinary light sources can set spinning.

David L. Chandler | MIT News Office • mit
June 30, 2017 ~6 min

New system allows optical “deep learning” | MIT News

Neural networks could be implemented more quickly using new photonic technology.

David Chandler | MIT News Office • mit
June 12, 2017 ~6 min

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