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A new class of photonic chips that use light instead of electricity to process data features arrays of microscopic structures that curl upward like tiny, glowing ski jumps. Researchers can precisely control how light is emitted from thousands of these structures simultaneously.

New photonic device efficiently beams light into free space

At Active Surfaces’ manufacturing development facility, the company tests and optimizes equipment for its first-of-its-kind commercial-scale manufacturing plant. Here, a solar energy film is fabricated in an industrial roll-to-roll printer — a device key to cost-effective mass production.

Active Surfaces aims to install peel-and-stick solar panels everywhere

Carlos Mariano Salcedo is a student in the new Music Technology and Computation Graduate Program. “MIT has taught me how to learn,” he says.

Seeing sounds

“We’ve now reached the point where stellarator performances can exceed those of tokamaks, because we’re able to optimize them very well, but you have to put the effort in,” says Sophia Henneberg.

Championing fusion’s promising underdog

MIT ranks No. 1 in 12 subject areas in the 2026 QS World University Rankings, the organization announced.

QS World University Rankings rates MIT No. 1 in 12 subjects for 2026

Graduate student Dian Li working with a robotic hand.

Wristband enables wearers to control a robotic hand with their own movements