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Author Archives: Kim Heatley
How to Measure the Speed of Light With a Bar of Chocolate and Your Microwave
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How to Measure the Speed of Light With a Bar of Chocolate and Your Microwave
Why a Perfect Spiral Football Pass Doesn’t Break the Laws of Physics
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Why a Perfect Spiral Football Pass Doesn’t Break the Laws of Physics
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
A step toward a universal flu vaccine
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A step toward a universal flu vaccine
Validating the physics behind the new MIT-designed fusion experiment
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Validating the physics behind the new MIT-designed fusion experiment
Could Einstein Get Published Today?
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Could Einstein Get Published Today?
MIT-led team to develop software to help forecast space storms
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MIT-led team to develop software to help forecast space storms
Laser-focused: Four MIT students foster new insights into inertial confinement fusion
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Laser-focused: Four MIT students foster new insights into inertial confinement fusion
J.J Finley Elementary's new namesake: Carolyn Beatrice Parker SM '53
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J.J Finley Elementary’s new namesake: Carolyn Beatrice Parker SM ’53