Author Archives: Kim Heatley

The Year in Physics

Top MIT research stories of 2020

My satellite would fit in a small suitcase.

Evelyn Hu delivers 2020 Dresselhaus Lecture on leveraging defects at the nanoscale

Physicists Detect the "Spooky Popcorn of the Universe"

Physicists Prove Anyons Exist, a Third Type of Particle in the Universe

Simulating subatomic physics on a quantum computer

Researchers observe what could be the first hints of dark bosons

The Clock Paradox of Quantum Physics

Michael Menzel SB '81, Lead Mission Systems Engineer for the Webb Telescope, Leads a Team Around the World