by RLE at MIT | Sep 28, 2008 | Awards, News Links
Marin Soljacic is a young theoretical physicist whose work on several aspects of electromagnetic waves holds important implications for understanding fundamental principles of optical physics and for development of devices such as switches for optical computers and...
by RLE at MIT | Sep 28, 2008 | Awards, News Links
Two MIT faculty members—a physicist and a structural engineer who studies architectural history—have won 2008 MacArthur Fellowships, commonly known as “genius” grants. Marin Soljacic ’96, assistant professor of physics, and John Ochsendorf, associate professor of...
by RLE at MIT | Sep 11, 2008 | News Links
A bizarre but well-established aspect of quantum physics could open up a new era of electronic detectors and imaging systems that would be far more efficient than any now in existence, according to new insights by an MIT leader in the field. «more» Related Links: MIT...
by RLE at MIT | Sep 3, 2008 | News Links
MIT researchers may have found a way to overcome a key barrier to the advent of super-fast quantum computers, which could be powerful tools for applications such as code breaking. Ever since Nobel Prize-winning physicist Richard Feynman first proposed the theory of...