Prof. Maria Zuber, Vice-President of Research at MIT, and Prof. Anantha Chandrakasan, Dean of the School of Engineering at MIT, have announced the new Director for Microsystems Technology Laboratories (MTL) to be Electrical Engineering & Computer Science Prof. Tomás Palacios.

Lincoln Laboratory’s TeraByte InfraRed Delivery system sent data from a satellite to Earth at 100 Gbps — a rate that will transform future science missions.

New technique could diminish errors that hamper the performance of super-fast analog optical neural networks.

Researchers have developed a programmable optical device for high-speed beam steering.

VulcanForms, founded by an MIT alumnus and professor, has created digital production systems to manufacture complex metal parts at scale.

A new technique that accurately measures how atom-thin materials expand when heated could help engineers develop faster, more powerful electronic devices.

Branchlike metallic filaments can sap the power of solid-state lithium batteries. A new study explains how they form and how to divert them.