MIT creates nanoscale transistors for efficient electronics Quantum tunneling delivers low-voltage, high-performance The technology has the potential to replace silicon MIT researchers have developed ...

Modular electronics face a problem in getting new and old components to communicate with each other in a fast and simple way. The MIT chip, however, uses flashes of light to convey information between ...

Last week, MIT researchers published a blog post highlighting a paper detailing work on fully 3D printable electronics — namely a simple, semiconductor-free logic gate. The original paper was written ...

Imec and MIT are joining up to research nanoelectronics-based solutions for minimally and non-invasive diagnostic devices for personalised medicine. The work will be conducted within a number of ...

MIT's first MOOC, "6.002x Circuits and Electronics" According to Class Central, the course, which launched on March 5, 2012, drew 155,000 learners from around the world. Students were "blown away" by ...

MIT spin-off Arctic Sand Technologies has raised funding to develop more efficient circuitry for computers and mobile devices, one of a few startups focusing on improved power electronics. The ...

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts (AP) — Once a month in the summer, a small parking lot on the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s campus transforms into a high-tech flea market known for its outlandish ...

Researchers at MIT have made a fibre containing integrated circuits and a wired network that can be sewn into fabrics and survive at least 10 washing cycles. “When you put it into a shirt, you can’t ...

Felix Doe's handmade electronics, including generators and radio transmitters, impressed experts at MIT (Image: THNKR TV) A 15-year-old DIY electronics expert from Sierra Leone has impressed experts ...

We’re in Boston this week and my first stop was at MITERS last night. This is the MIT Electronics Research Society, which started as a way to provide free access to computers for all students. Since ...

A new kind of lithium-ion battery could let portable electronics such as smartphones and smart watches last twice as long between charges. The battery was developed by SolidEnergy, a company spun out ...

A single cell in the human body is approximately 10,000 times more energy-efficient than any nanoscale digital transistor, the fundamental building block of electronic chips. In one second, a cell ...