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black and white image of Milliie Dresselhaus leaning forward on a desk in front of a chalkboard

How Millie Dresselhaus paid it forward

Encouraged early on by Enrico Fermi, the “Queen of Carbon” laid the foundation for advances in nanotechnology—and mentored countless young scientists

October 24, 2025
Categories: Profile, Faculty/Emeritus, WiSTEM, Condensed Matter Experiment

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Three questions with Dean Nergis Mavalvala, the Pakistani-American astrophysicist who helped detect gravitational waves

March 2, 2022
Categories: Q&A, In The News, Faculty/Emeritus, Astrophysics Observation, Instrumentation, and Experiment
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New book celebrates trailblazing MIT physicist Mildred Dresselhaus

March 1, 2022
Categories: In Remembrance, Faculty/Emeritus, WiSTEM, Condensed Matter Experiment

School of Engineering welcomes new faculty

February 27, 2022
Categories: In The News, Undergraduates, Students & Alumni

Festival of Learning centers on guiding students from surviving to thriving

February 23, 2022
Categories: Education, Academic Staff
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Tuning in to invisible waves on the JET tokamak

February 23, 2022
Categories: Profile, Students & Alumni, Graduate Students, Postdocs
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More sensitive X-ray imaging

February 23, 2022
Categories: Research, Faculty/Emeritus, Students & Alumni, Graduate Students, Condensed Matter Theory, Condensed Matter Experiment
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Physicists observe an exotic “multiferroic” state in an atomically thin material

February 22, 2022
Categories: Research, Faculty/Emeritus, Graduate Students, Postdocs, Condensed Matter Experiment
Mildred Dresselhaus

Exploring the nanoworld

February 22, 2022
Categories: Profile, In Remembrance, In The News
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Seven from MIT named 2022 Sloan Research Fellows

February 15, 2022
Categories: Awards/Honors, Faculty/Emeritus, WiSTEM, Quantum Gravity and Field Theory, Condensed Matter Experiment
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Most Precise Neutrino Measurement Ever Brings Us Closer to Understanding the Universe

February 14, 2022
Categories: In The News, Faculty/Emeritus, Particle Physics Experiment, Nuclear Physics Experiment

A new upper limit on the mass of neutrinos

February 13, 2022
Categories: Research, Faculty/Emeritus, Nuclear Physics Experiment, Particle Physics Experiment

Early findings from HERA telescope promise deeper understanding of the cosmic dawn

February 10, 2022
Categories: Research, Faculty/Emeritus, Pappalardo Fellows, WiSTEM, Astrophysics Observation, Instrumentation, and Experiment
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