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Neutron star collisions are a “goldmine” of heavy elements, study finds

Mergers between two neutron stars have produced more heavy elements in last 2.5 billion years than mergers between neutron stars and black holes.

October 25, 2021
Categories: Research, Faculty, Postdocs, Astrophysics Observation, Instrumentation, and Experiment

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Neutron star collisions are a “goldmine” of heavy elements, study finds

October 25, 2021
Categories: Research, Faculty, Postdocs, Astrophysics Observation, Instrumentation, and Experiment
Kerstin Perez

Kerstin Perez, among 15 at MIT, honored as “Committed to Caring” for 2021-23

October 22, 2021
Categories: Awards/Honors, Faculty, WiSTEM, Astrophysics Observation, Instrumentation, and Experiment, Particle Physics Experiment

Liu and Winslow named American Physical Society Fellows for 2021

October 18, 2021
Categories: Awards/Honors, Faculty, WiSTEM, Nuclear Physics Experiment, Quantum Gravity and Field Theory, Strong Interactions and Nuclear Theory
Artist's rendition of a newly discovered Jupiter-like exoplanet orbiting a white dwarf, or dead star.

This Jupiter-Like Planet Narrowly Survived the Death of Its Star

October 20, 2021
Categories: In The News, Faculty, Astrophysics Observation, Instrumentation, and Experiment

What is the nuclear EMC effect? Scientists shed light on a physics-defying mystery

October 20, 2021
Categories: In The News, Faculty, Postdocs, Nuclear Physics Experiment, Particle Physics Experiment

A Hint of Dark Matter Sends Physicists Looking to the Skies

October 19, 2021
Categories: In The News, Faculty, Pappalardo Fellows, High Energy and Particle Theory

Researchers observe translation symmetry breaking in twisted bilayer graphene

October 18, 2021
Categories: In The News, Faculty, Condensed Matter Experiment

How AI is helping the natural sciences

October 13, 2021
Categories: In The News, Faculty, WiSTEM, Strong Interactions and Nuclear Theory
Pablo Jarillo-Herrero in his lab

Pablo Jarillo-Herrero receives Max Planck-Humboldt Research Award

October 12, 2021
Categories: Awards/Honors, Faculty, Condensed Matter Experiment
A picture of the ion source used by the IsoDAR cyclotron team, which shows the ion beam glowing inside their device.

Finding sterile neutrinos

October 12, 2021
Categories: In The News, Students & Alumni, Quantum Gravity and Field Theory
Professor Ting poses in front of the Space Shuttle Endeavor before it launches with AMS-02

A $2 billion particle detector stars in new Disney Plus docuseries ‘Among the Stars’: Q&A with principal investigator Sam Ting

October 6, 2021
Categories: In The News, Faculty, Particle Physics Experiment
Andrea Ghez '87 poses with her Nobel diploma

Life beyond the Nobel: Andrea Ghez ’87 eyes up new research directions

October 4, 2021
Categories: Q&A, In The News, Students & Alumni, WiSTEM
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