“Majorana fermions are these exotic things, that have long been a dream to see, and we now see them in a very simple material — gold,” says PSFC senior research scientist Jagadeesh Moodera.
The Graduate Student Advisory Group in the School of Enghineering (GradSAGE) has helped pave the way for a new MIT offering this spring, designed to make those transitions from lab research into leadership roles less of a shock to the system for MIT graduate students.
A vast supply of heat lies beneath our feet. Yet today’s drilling methods can barely push through dense rocks and high-pressure conditions to reach it. Using a technology developed at MIT PSFC, AltaRock Energy is leading an effort to melt and vaporize rocks with millimeter waves.