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Engineers Mix and Match Materials to Make New Stretchy Electronics
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Engineers Mix and Match Materials to Make New Stretchy Electronics

A process developed by a team from multiple universities may be the key to manufacturing flexible stacked and three-dimensional electronic structures with multiple...

The Talent Shortage in Quantum Computing
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The Talent Shortage in Quantum Computing

William Oliver says a lack of available quantum scientists and engineers may be an inhibitor of the technology's growth.

Engineers Produce Smallest 3-D Transistor Yet
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Engineers Produce Smallest 3-D Transistor Yet

Researchers from MIT and the University of Colorado fabricated a 3-D transistor that's less than half the size of today's smallest commercial models using a microfabrication...

E.T., We're Home
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E.T., We're Home

Existing laser technology could be fashioned into Earth's "porch light" to attract alien astronomers, an MIT study says.

Engineers Design Artificial Synapse For 'brain-on-a-Chip' Hardware
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Engineers Design Artificial Synapse For 'brain-on-a-Chip' Hardware

When it comes to processing power, the human brain just can't be beat.

Chasing Complexity
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Chasing Complexity

Ryan Williams has taken a key step toward solving P vs. NP, the biggest problem in theoretical computer science.

New System Allows Optical 'deep Learning'
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New System Allows Optical 'deep Learning'

A team of researchers has developed a new approach to "deep learning" computations using light instead of electricity, which they say could vastly improve the speed...

Teaching Robots to Teach Other Robots
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Teaching Robots to Teach Other Robots

Most robots are programmed using one of two methods: learning from demonstration, in which they watch a task being done and then replicate it, or via motion-planning...

Not Stuck on Silicon
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Not Stuck on Silicon

A technique developed by MIT engineers may vastly reduce the overall cost of semiconductor wafer technology and enable devices made from more exotic, higher-performing...

Toward 'valleytronic' Devices For Data Storage or Computer Logic Systems
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Toward 'valleytronic' Devices For Data Storage or Computer Logic Systems

Researchers have discovered a new way of using laser light to tune electronic energy levels in two-dimensional films of crystal.

Toward Practical Quantum Computers
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Toward Practical Quantum Computers

Built-in optics could enable chips that use trapped ions as quantum bits.

Exploring Networks Efficiently
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Exploring Networks Efficiently

Analysis of ant colony behavior could yield better algorithms for network communication.

3-D Printing 101
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3-D Printing 101

It's been more than 30 years since the invention of 3-D printing, and yet in some ways the technology is still a frontier of unexplored potential.

Researchers Find Unexpected Magnetic Effect
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Researchers Find Unexpected Magnetic Effect

The discovery of an unexpected magnetic effect in a combination of thin-film materials could open up a new pathway to advanced electronic devices and even robust...

Making Electronics Out of Coal
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Making Electronics Out of Coal

Instead of just burning coal, MIT Professor Jeffrey Grossman says electronic devices should be made from the complex hydrocarbon.

Stabilizing Quantum Bits
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Stabilizing Quantum Bits

MIT researchers have developed a new approach to preserving superposition in a class of quantum devices built from synthetic diamonds. The work could be an important...

When Slower Is Faster
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When Slower Is Faster

A newly published study claims that communicating vehicles will move more efficiently through intersections without traffic lights than with them. 

The Beginning of the End For Encryption Schemes?
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The Beginning of the End For Encryption Schemes?

Researchers from MIT and the University of Innsbruck in Austria report that they have designed and built a quantum computer from five atoms in an ion trap.

Computer Science Meets Economics
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Computer Science Meets Economics

Constantinos Daskalakis adapts techniques from theoretical computer science to game theory.

A New Quantum Approach to Big Data
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A New Quantum Approach to Big Data

Some problems remain daunting and impractical for the most powerful modern supercomputers. Now, researchers have developed a new approach that would use quantum...
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