News
![](http://s3tec.mit.edu/sites/default/files/styles/news/public/george%20steam%20device.jpg?itok=2sNlnC_q)
MIT engineers have invented a bubble-wrapped, sponge-like device that soaks up natural sunlight and heats water to boiling temperatures, generating steam through its pores.
![](http://s3tec.mit.edu/sites/default/files/styles/news/public/MIT-Topo-Semi-1_0.jpg?itok=bPFYY67G)
MIT News highlighted work in the S3TEC center led by Liang Fu investigating topological semimetals.
![](http://s3tec.mit.edu/sites/default/files/styles/news/public/MIT-Efficient-Incandescents_0.jpg?itok=lgmEBB9t)
MIT News highlighted work in the S3TEC center led by Marin Soljacic which improves the efficiency of incandescent light bulbs to the level of some CFLs and LEDs.
![](http://s3tec.mit.edu/sites/default/files/styles/news/public/e126_1_medium.png?itok=EXjiGf9s)
Direct observations of Weyl points were named one of the top 10 breakthroughs of 2015 by physicsworld.com
![](http://s3tec.mit.edu/sites/default/files/styles/news/public/151019122928_1_900x600.jpg?itok=4mCAJq4N)
Engines, laptops and power plants generate waste heat.
- ‹ previous
- 2 of 7
- next ›