Quantum technology has reached a turning point, echoing the early days of modern computing. Researchers say functional quantum systems now exist, but scaling them into truly powerful machines will ...

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Students in the class ENGRI 1100: "Lasers and Photonics" engage in hands-on learning and build a laser for an assignment.

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As a young girl, Si-Hui Tan, PhD ’10, started studying science almost as a challenge. “I grew up in Singapore, where science is considered a boy thing,” she says. “I wanted to prove that I could do it ...

The 'Carbon Queen,' Mildred Dresselhaus, advanced carbon research, leading to key insights in graphene discovery and the ...

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Introduction: Picking Up the Quantum Thread In Part 1 of this two-part series, I confessed that this whole journey was ...

A federal complaint filed Monday has requested that an investigation be opened into two graduate-level university-sponsored organizations at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) over ...

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