Eight MIT faculty named to the AAAS

Eight MIT faculty named to the AAAS

Eight MIT faculty members will be inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (AAAS) as part of its new class of 190 fellows and 22 foreign honorary members, including Professor Henry I. Smith. «more» Related Links: Eight MIT faculty named to the AAAS...
MIT team details optics-on-a-chip device

MIT team details optics-on-a-chip device

Fiber-optic networks transmit massive amounts of information quickly, but the signals weaken as the data-carrying light travels long distances. Now, researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology said they’ve overcome a major obstacle in harnessing the full...
MIT team details optics-on-a-chip device

MIT Says Optical Chips Coming in 5 Years

It’s a problem chip manufacturers have known about for some time: As electronic components continue to grow more and more diminutive in size, the metal interconnects between them will soon cease to meet the needed performance criteria that devices demand. This is...