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MIT community members Marc Baldo, Jacopo Buongiorno, Hsiao-hua Burke, and 13 additional alumni were elected to the National Academy of Engineering for 2024.
The practicality of quantum computing hangs on the integrity of the quantum bit, or qubit. Qubits, the logic elements of quantum computers, are coherent two-level systems that represent quantum information. Each qubit has the strange ability to be in a quantum superposition, carrying aspects of both states simultaneously, enabling a quantum version of parallel computation.…
Scientists at the MIT Nuclear Reactor Laboratory have devised an unconventional plan for accelerating the development of a small, safe, cheap nuclear reactor: they want to build a prototype that piggybacks on their existing facility. Since the planned one-megawatt demonstration reactor would be incapable of sustaining a fission reaction on its own, the researchers believe…
Research reactors are contributing to the development of innovative nuclear energy solutions, such as research into nuclear fission and fusion material. Two recent IAEA missions highlighted the role and potential of research reactors, which provide a source of neutrons for a variety of scientific purposes including neutron imaging and irradiation.