Research Laboratory of Electronics
Mimicking cells with transistors
September 28, 2011
Analog — rather than digital — circuits could enable models of biological systems that are more efficient, more accurate and easier to build.
Building chips from collapsing nanopillars
September 1, 2011
By turning a common problem in chip manufacture into an advantage, MIT researchers produce structures only 30 atoms wide.
Movies of electrons
August 15, 2011
Lasers that emit pulses lasting a quintillionth of a second could characterize the behavior of individual electrons during chemical reactions.
Fink named RLE director
August 10, 2011
Succeeds Shapiro to lead one of the Institute’s oldest interdepartmental labs
Perfect communication with imperfect chips
August 4, 2011
Error-correcting codes discovered at MIT can still guarantee reliable communication, even in cellphones with failure-prone low-power chips.
The future of chip manufacturing
June 30, 2011
MIT researchers show how to make e-beam lithography, commonly used to prototype computer chips, more practical as a mass-production technique.
MIT faculty selected to attend NAE's Frontiers of Engineering
June 28, 2011
Two from CEE and one from EECS to participate in symposium for young engineering innovators.
Long live the qubit!
June 2, 2011
The power of quantum computers depends on keeping them in a fragile quantum-mechanical state — which researchers have found a new way to extend.
Also labeled: Graduate, postdoctoral, Quantum computing, Decoherence time, Flux qubit, Superconductors
Spinning new materials in a thread
May 20, 2011
New technique could enable creation of a variety of fiber-based electronic and photonic devices.
Paola Cappellaro: a quantum engineer on the frontier of knowledge
May 3, 2011
Spotlight on Women in Nuclear Science and Engineering
Turning windows into powerplants
April 15, 2011
New technology from MIT could enable a building’s windows to generate power, without blocking the view.
Secure, synchronized, social TV
April 1, 2011
A technique called network coding could protect users’ privacy and providers’ content while making communications networks more efficient.
MLK Leadership Awards honor three individuals, one program
February 11, 2011
Recognize service that reflects the civil rights leader’s ideals
Donald Troxel, longtime EECS professor, dies at 76
January 19, 2011
Taught MIT's 6.111 course for many years
Fujimoto wins Carl Zeiss Research Award
January 18, 2011
EECS professor receives prestigious honor for OCT work
Tuning in to a new hearing mechanism
November 10, 2010
Findings from MIT scientists could lead to hearing aids that mimic the ear’s ability to focus on particular frequencies.
Institute technologies receive six R&D 100 Awards
August 10, 2010
Internationally respected journal honors work from Institute, Lincoln Laboratory
Broadband picture may not be so bleak
July 16, 2010
A new study disputes the claim that Internet data rates in the U.S. are only half as high as advertised; study’s authors call for better data.
Fibers that can hear and sing
July 12, 2010
MIT researchers pass a milestone on the path to sophisticated fibers that interact with their surroundings in new ways.
An Internet 100 times as fast
June 28, 2010
A new network design that avoids the need to convert optical signals into electrical ones could boost capacity while reducing power consumption.
Exposing collagen's double life
May 14, 2010
Discovery that the rigid structural protein can switch to a floppy shape could lead to new treatments for heart disease.
Self-assembling computer chips
March 16, 2010
Molecules that arrange themselves into predictable patterns on silicon chips could lead to microprocessors with much smaller circuit elements.
Cell-inspired electronics
February 25, 2010
By mimicking cells, MIT researcher designs electronic circuits for ultra-low-power and biomedical applications.
Rethinking networking
February 12, 2010
MIT researchers helped develop a theory that promised much more efficient data networks; then they were the first to put it into practice.
The power of ‘random’
February 9, 2010
A ‘seemingly loopy’ technique that MIT researchers helped develop could dramatically improve the efficiency of communications networks.
Feeling the way
November 23, 2009
Robotic device developed in MIT’s Touch Lab can help visually impaired people navigate around a virtual model of a real building.
Deshpande Center's latest funding cycle supports goal of 'idea to impact'
October 17, 2009
Since 2002, the Deshpande Center for Technological Innovation has funded more than 80 projects with over $9 M in grants. The center supports a wide range of emerging technologies including biotechnology, biomedical devices, information technology, new materials, tiny tech, and energy innovations. Eighteen projects have spun out of the center as independent startups, having collectively raised over $150 million in outside financing from investors.
Quantum computing may actually be useful
October 9, 2009
A quantum algorithm that solves systems of linear equations could point in a promising new direction.
Also labeled: Quantum computing, Mechanical engineering, Physics, Computer science and technology, Students, Faculty
Stimulating sight
September 23, 2009
Led by electrical engineering professor John Wyatt, team develops retinal implant that could help restore useful level of vision to certain groups of blind people
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