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Diagram of radium atom with nucleus

With a new molecule-based method, physicists peer inside an atom’s nucleus

An alternative to massive particle colliders, the approach could reveal insights into the universe’s starting ingredients.

October 24, 2025
Categories: Research, Faculty/Emeritus, Alumni, Nuclear Physics Experiment

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Pioneering the future of materials extraction

July 1, 2024
Categories: In The News, Alumni

Scientists observe record-setting electron mobility in a new crystal film

June 30, 2024
Categories: Research, Academic Staff, Condensed Matter Experiment
Matt Whyte, David Kaiser, and Jack Antonoff

Jack Antonoff and David Kaiser discuss theoretical physics and time perception

June 26, 2024
Categories: In The News, Faculty/Emeritus, High Energy and Particle Theory
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Astronomer reaches for the (exploding) stars

June 24, 2024
Categories: Profile, Alumni, WiSTEM
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Featured video: Researchers discuss queer visibility in academia

June 12, 2024
Categories: Education, Faculty/Emeritus, WiSTEM
Side-by-side headshots of Nancy Kanwisher, Robert Langer, and Sara Seager

Nancy Kanwisher, Robert Langer, and Sara Seager named Kavli Prize Laureates

June 11, 2024
Categories: Awards/Honors, Faculty/Emeritus, WiSTEM, Astrophysics Observation, Instrumentation, and Experiment
A black hole animation of the event horizon. It shows the swirling orange material around the central black void.

What “naked” singularities are revealing about quantum space-time

June 10, 2024
Categories: Research, In The News, Faculty/Emeritus, Quantum Gravity and Field Theory

Paying it forward

June 5, 2024
Categories: Awards/Honors, Faculty/Emeritus, WiSTEM, Astrophysics Theory, High Energy and Particle Theory
Primordial black hole forming amid a sea of color-charged quarks and gluons

Exotic black holes could be a byproduct of dark matter

June 5, 2024
Categories: Research, Faculty/Emeritus, Graduate Students, WiSTEM, Quantum Information Science

Nuh Gedik receives 2024 National Brown Investigator Award

June 4, 2024
Categories: Awards/Honors, Faculty/Emeritus, Condensed Matter Experiment
Screenshot of graphic of Nergis Mavalvala from video

The World at MIT: Nergis Mavalvala

June 4, 2024
Categories: Faculty/Emeritus, WiSTEM, Astrophysics Observation, Instrumentation, and Experiment
Illustrated blue and purple motion-blurred spheres travel a path resembling a highway

Physicists create five-lane superhighway for electrons

June 3, 2024
Categories: Research, Faculty/Emeritus, Graduate Students, Condensed Matter Experiment
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