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The LIGO Lab Is Pushing the Boundaries of Gravitational-Wave Research

After 10 years of gravitational-wave research, the LIGO Lab team at MIT is getting ready for the next generation of detectors.

July 22, 2025
Categories: Q&A, Faculty/Emeritus, Astrophysics Observation, Instrumentation, and Experiment

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An image of two people sitting on chairs inside MIT LIGO Lab.

The LIGO Lab Is Pushing the Boundaries of Gravitational-Wave Research

July 16, 2025
Categories: Q&A, Faculty/Emeritus, Astrophysics Observation, Instrumentation, and Experiment

Professor Emeritus Daniel Kleppner, highly influential atomic physicist, dies at 92

July 15, 2025
Categories: In Remembrance, Faculty/Emeritus, Atomic Physics
Daniel Kleppner, a white-haired man wearing a blue short-sleeved shirt, sits on what appears to be some kind of swing.

Daniel Kleppner, Physicist Who Brought Precision to GPS, Dies at 92

July 12, 2025
Categories: In Remembrance, Faculty/Emeritus, Atomic Physics
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Edwin F. Taylor, 93: Transformative Physics Educator & Acclaimed Author

July 11, 2025
Categories: In Remembrance, Academic Staff
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Daniel Kleppner, prize-winning physicist, dies at 92

June 26, 2025
Categories: In Remembrance, Faculty/Emeritus, Atomic Physics
Gray scanning electron microscope image shows a microbial community with empty space, including some that are fuzzy and pill-shaped and some larger that look like balls exuding tendrils.

The Ecosystem Dynamics That Can Make or Break an Invasion

June 16, 2025
Categories: In The News, Faculty/Emeritus, Alumni, Biophysics

Closing in on superconducting semiconductors

June 17, 2025
Categories: Research, Labs & Centers, Academic Staff, Condensed Matter Experiment
Riccardo Comin stands in his lab, filled with cables and large equipment.

Comin Wins Bessel Award

June 11, 2025
Categories: Awards/Honors, Faculty/Emeritus, Condensed Matter Experiment

New facility to accelerate materials solutions for fusion energy

June 9, 2025
Categories: Labs & Centers, Faculty/Emeritus, Plasma Physics

Physicists observe a new form of magnetism for the first time

June 5, 2025
Categories: Research, Faculty/Emeritus, Condensed Matter Experiment
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MIT researchers use Frontier to model the density, pressure inside neutron stars

June 2, 2025
Categories: Research, Faculty/Emeritus, Graduate Students, Strong Interactions and Nuclear Theory
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Eight with MIT ties win 2025 Hertz Foundation Fellowships

June 2, 2025
Categories: Awards/Honors, Undergraduates, WiSTEM
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