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A white box with wires coming out of it surrounded by a glass shield with three with three smaller glass circular disks on top.
In the Media

Portable technology offers boost for nuclear security, arms control

June 11, 2021
MIT News
A graphic showing a red light spreading over a blue circular lens with small metal pieces on it.
In the Media

New "metalens" shifts focus without tilting or moving

February 22, 2021
MIT NEWS
Photo of the RAAD sensor

Highly sensitive trigger enables rapid detection of biological agents

August 26, 2020
a photo of two N95 masks

Tests verify if uncertified N95 masks are effective

May 7, 2020
Photo of a wafer that has phase change pixels

Researchers discover a new way to control infrared light

January 22, 2020
A women stands in front of a fabric weaver

Lincoln Laboratory researchers develop a fabric that can sense chemical vapors

October 18, 2019
An illustration of electronic oscillator on a chip

Nature can help solve optimization problems

October 11, 2019
Annie Weathers measures the battery performance of a hydrogen nanobattery patterned on a silicon wafer. Photo: Nicole Fandel

Smaller, faster, better: nanoscale batteries may power future technology

April 9, 2019
Water droplets are inserted into the microhydraulic actuator, which rotates when voltage is applied to electrodes that pull the droplets in one direction. This disc-shaped actuator's inner diameter is five millimeters. Photo: Glen Cooper

Using electricity and water, a new kind of motor can slide microrobots into motion

November 13, 2018
A textile is woven with fibers that have semiconductor light-emitting diodes embedded into their core. Photo: Nicole Fandel

Fibers embedded with electronics are putting fabrics to work

October 19, 2018
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