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School of Science appoints Erin Kara to named professorship

Among 10 School of Science faculty selected for these positions receive additional support to pursue their research and develop their careers.

December 7, 2022
Categories: Awards/Honors, Faculty/Emeritus, WiSTEM, Astrophysics Observation, Instrumentation, and Experiment

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School of Science appoints Erin Kara to named professorship

December 5, 2022
Categories: Awards/Honors, Faculty/Emeritus, WiSTEM, Astrophysics Observation, Instrumentation, and Experiment
A wormhole is depicted as a two-ended funnel connecting two planes with data written on them, as a beam of light travels through the resulting corridor.

MIT researchers use quantum computing to observe entanglement

December 1, 2022
Categories: Research, Faculty/Emeritus, Quantum Gravity and Field Theory, High Energy and Particle Theory
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Is Our Universe a Hologram? Physicists Debate Famous Idea on Its 25th Anniversary

November 30, 2022
Categories: In The News, Faculty/Emeritus, Quantum Gravity and Field Theory
A black hole, like a black circle with a white outline, is surrounded by a cloudy disc, and yellow rays shoot out from the top and bottom of the black hole.

Mysteriously bright flash is a black hole jet pointing straight toward Earth, astronomers say

November 30, 2022
Categories: Research, Faculty/Emeritus, Postdocs, WiSTEM, Astrophysics Observation, Instrumentation, and Experiment
Man stands holding example of what moiré quantum matter looks like

The exotic quantum effects found hiding inside ultra-thin materials

November 30, 2022
Categories: In The News, Faculty/Emeritus, Condensed Matter Experiment
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Q&A: Nergis Mavalvala, MIT sciences dean and longtime LIGO physicist

November 29, 2022
Categories: Q&A, In The News, Undergraduates, Faculty/Emeritus, Students & Alumni, Alumni, WiSTEM, Admin Staff, Astrophysics Observation, Instrumentation, and Experiment

The task of magnetic classification suddenly looks easier

November 28, 2022
Categories: Research, Undergraduates, Students & Alumni, Graduate Students, Condensed Matter Theory
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New faculty join the department in 2022

November 17, 2022
Categories: Education, Faculty/Emeritus, WiSTEM, Astrophysics Theory, Astrophysics Observation, Instrumentation, and Experiment, Biophysics, Condensed Matter Theory
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The company making steaks out of thin air

November 15, 2022
Categories: In The News, Students & Alumni, Graduate Students, Alumni
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Encouraging Inclusivity Without Sacrificing Ourselves

November 11, 2022
Categories: Education, Faculty/Emeritus, WiSTEM
Ernest Moniz speaks from podium

Advancing the energy transition amidst global crises

November 9, 2022
Categories: In The News, Faculty/Emeritus
The IceCube Lab at the South Pole.

Neutrino Astronomy Enters a New Era

November 3, 2022
Categories: In The News, Faculty/Emeritus, WiSTEM, Particle Physics Experiment, Nuclear Physics Experiment
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