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MIT graduate students Pronoy Biswas (left) and Mark Chodas (right) prepare the REXIS instrument for flight. Photo: William Litant/MIT

Catching rays with REXIS on the way to asteroid Bennu

January 17, 2019
Stock image of quibit.
In the Media

Physicists record “lifetime” of graphene qubits

January 2, 2019
MIT News
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
a 3D printed circular structure made of triblock copolymer composite inks.

IEEE symposium brings together the best in radio science

October 1, 2018
Captured image of the Large Magellanic Cloud and bright star R.
In the Media

NASA's TESS Shares First Science Image in Hunt to Find New Worlds

September 17, 2018
NASA
Shawn Reese, an engineering student, had a summer internship at M.I.T.’s Lincoln Laboratory. He is beginning work on a four-year degree in engineering at the University of Massachusetts at Lowell. Photo: Kayana Szymczak, The New York Times
In the Media

Teaming Up to Get Workers Ready for Technology of the Future

September 11, 2018
The New York Times
3D Rendering of the Transitioning Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS)
In the Media

TESS primed and ready to discover distant worlds

August 2, 2018
Spaceflight Insider
By merging photonic integrated circuits with trapped ion quantum computing, researchers at the Laboratory have created a novel chip that allows them to accurately manipulate the ions with lasers.

Integrated photonics may light the way to quantum computing

July 9, 2018
Staff from the Laboratory and the aerospace company Orbital ATK inspect the satellite in Dulles, Virginia, prior to shipment to the Kennedy Space Center for launch vehicle integration. The four cameras can be seen inside the sunshade. Photo: Orbital ATK

Laboratory cameras are enabling TESS’s quest for exoplanets

June 18, 2018
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