by RLE at MIT | Dec 16, 2010 | News Links
Terahertz rays — radiation between microwaves and infrared rays on the electromagnetic spectrum — are a promising means of detecting explosives, but they’ve proven hard to generate cost effectively. So far, solid-state lasers — the cheap, miniature type of laser found...
by RLE at MIT | Dec 13, 2010 | Awards, News Links
Professor Isaac Chuang is among five MIT faculty members to be elected as fellows of the American Physical Society (APS), an organization dedicated to the advancement of physics. He has been elected for “his breadth and leadership in the field of quantum information...
by RLE at MIT | Nov 29, 2010 | News Links
Mehmet Fatih Yanik and his research group have created a miniature production line to streamline the process of testing drugs on worms. Their system is able to isolate a worm, perform precise laser surgery on it in order to sever just one of its neurons, treat it with...
by RLE at MIT | Nov 10, 2010 | News Links
More than 30 million Americans suffer from hearing loss, and about 6 million wear hearing aids. While those devices can boost the intensity of sounds coming into the ear, they are often ineffective in loud environments such as restaurants, where you need to pick out...
by RLE at MIT | Nov 8, 2010 | Awards, News Links
On Friday, Nov. 5, President Barack Obama named seven researchers from MIT as recipients of the Presidential Early Career Awards for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE), the highest honor bestowed by the U.S. government on science and engineering professionals in the...
