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MIT’s Ultra-Small Optical Devices Rewrite the Rules of Light Manipulation
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New MIT Device Could Be Key to Faster, More Energy-Efficient Computing and Communications
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The tenured engineers of 2025
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Comin Wins Bessel Award
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Cem Tasan to lead the Materials Research Laboratory
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Workshop explores new advanced materials for a growing world
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MIT physicists find unexpected crystals of electrons in new ultrathin material
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Physicists measure a key aspect of superconductivity in “magic-angle” graphene
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Explained: Generative AI’s environmental impact
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Physicists discover—and explain—unexpected magnetism in atomically thin material
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Physicists magnetize a material with light
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Physicists measure quantum geometry for first time
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