ISN in the News

ISN research is at the forefront of not only military S&T, but also of scientific inquiry as a whole. As a result, our work is continually making news. The articles below, which are linked to their original outside sources, are a small sampling of the most recent examples.

Prof. Yoel fink holds a small item behind clear spools of fiber in front of a wall covered in spools of colored thread

Prof. Yoel Fink wins APS Sakharov Prize

Illustration of virus-like nanoparticles with blue surface proteins interacting with red and blue antibodies; one particle is shown opened to reveal a red interior while others float in the background against a teal field.

New vaccine platform promotes rare protective B cells (MIT News)

Illustration of a porous thermal material bridging a hot red side and a cool blue side, showing heat flow control across a circuit-like background.

MIT engineers design structures that compute with heat (MIT News)

DOE selects MIT to establish a Center for the Exascale Simulation of Coupled High-Enthalpy Fluid–Solid Interactions (MIT News)

Photonic processor could streamline 6G wireless signal processing (MIT News)

9 Federally Funded Scientific Breakthroughs That Changed Everything (NY Times)

A dive into the “almost magical” potential of photonic crystals (MIT News)

ISN Research Scientist Dr. Giuseppe Romano wins Raith Micrograph Award

ISN Director Prof. John D. Joannopoulos' Killian Lecture will take place on Thursday, March 13, 2025