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Beautiful, Impractical Physics
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Beautiful, Impractical Physics
Andrea Ghez ’87 awarded 2020 Nobel Prize in Physics
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Andrea Ghez ’87 awarded 2020 Nobel Prize in Physics
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Phiala Shanahan wins 2021 Maria Goeppert Mayer Award from APS Physics
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Phiala Shanahan wins 2021 Maria Goeppert Mayer Award from APS Physics
Undergraduates ramp up research during pandemic diaspora
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Undergraduates ramp up research during pandemic diaspora
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Validating the physics behind the new MIT-designed fusion experiment
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MIT-led team to develop software to help forecast space storms