Achieving zero resistance in energy flow
MIT postdoc Cui-Zu Chang makes a spintronic breakthrough in the Moodera group.
Research highlight: Jagadeesh Moodera
Step-by-step, the Moodera Research Group is building the essential knowledge and hardware for next-generation quantum computers.
Crunching quantum code
MIT physics graduate student Sagar Vijay co-develops error correction method for quantum computing based on special electronic states called Majorana fermions.
Faculty highlight: Liang Fu
MIT theoretical physicist’s research bridges abstract math and exotic computing materials.
New law for superconductors
Mathematical description of relationship between thickness, temperature, and resistivity could spur advances.
Superconducting circuits, simplified
New circuit design could unlock the power of experimental superconducting computer chips.
Team visualizes complex electronic state
Multidisciplinary group solves mystery of how a potential battery electrode material behaves.
A new look at high-temperature superconductors
Method allows direct detection of rapid fluctuations that may help to explain how high-temperature superconducting materials work.
Long live the qubit!
The power of quantum computers depends on keeping them in a fragile quantum-mechanical state — which researchers have found a new way to extend.