Author Archives: Kim Heatley

MIT Physics Celebrates Professor Irwin Pless's 100th birthday on March 11, 2025

Scientists Confirm the Incredible Existence of ‘Second Sound’

These New Planets Aren’t Real, But Science Says They Could Be

Tushar Shah SB '93 PhD '00 flies to space on Blue Origin’s tenth human spaceflight

Fiber computer allows apparel to run apps and “understand” the wearer

The man who reinvented the hammer

How Black Holes Help Stars Form

Focusing student effort where it matters most by improving Canvas course structure

Professor Sarah Millholland and four physics alums named 2025 Sloan Research Fellow

Wilczek’s Multiverse | Quantum leaps? The good and bad news about the next big thing in computing