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Multiple layers of graphene

How can electrons can split into fractions of themselves?

Physicists surprised to discover electrons in pentalayer graphene can exhibit fractional charge. New study suggests how this could work.

November 21, 2024
Categories: Research, Faculty/Emeritus, Alumni, Condensed Matter Theory

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Jordan Rudess and Joseph Paradiso speak to each other on a black stage with white petals interspersed among them

A model of virtuosity

November 19, 2024
Categories: In The News, Alumni
9 Students pose against a bank of cherry blossoms in front of the Washington Monument

Making a mark in the nation’s capital

November 19, 2024
Categories: In The News, Alumni
Illustration shows rainbow-hued particles uniformly distributed on a deep blue background. A pair of circles labeled

MIT physicists predict exotic form of matter with potential for quantum computing

November 18, 2024
Categories: Research, Faculty/Emeritus, Graduate Students, Postdocs, Condensed Matter Theory
Multiple layers of graphene

How can electrons can split into fractions of themselves?

November 18, 2024
Categories: Research, Faculty/Emeritus, Alumni, Condensed Matter Theory
Five people sit on stage during a panel.

Ensuring a durable transition

November 15, 2024
Categories: In The News, Faculty/Emeritus
Tracy Slatyer poses in front of blackboard covered in physics equations

MIT Professor Tracy Slatyer to Receive Jon C. Graff, Ph.D. Prize for Excellence in Science Communication

November 14, 2024
Categories: Awards/Honors, Faculty/Emeritus, WiSTEM, Astrophysics Theory, High Energy and Particle Theory
4 headshots of professors Soonwon Choi, Ronald Garcia Ruiz, Marin Soljacic, and Andrew Vanderburg

Four physics faculty named to professorships

November 14, 2024
Categories: Awards/Honors, Faculty/Emeritus

Bridging Talents and Opportunities Forum connects high school and college students with STEAM leaders and resources

November 4, 2024
Categories: Events, Faculty/Emeritus
this map of dark matter in the universe was obtained from data from the kids survey, using the vlt survey telescope at eso’s paranal observatory in chile it reveals an expansive web of dense light and empty dark regions this image is one out of five patches of the sky observed by kids here the invisible dark matter is seen rendered in pink, covering an area of sky around 420 times the size of the full moon

Can Axions Save the Universe?

November 1, 2024
Categories: In The News, Faculty/Emeritus, High Energy and Particle Theory, Quantum Gravity and Field Theory
illustration of black hole with geometric orbs inside

The Quantum Geometry That Exists Outside of Space and Time

November 3, 2024
Categories: In The News, Faculty/Emeritus

Smart handling of neutrons is crucial to fusion power success

November 1, 2024
Categories: Profile, Alumni, Plasma Physics
Illustration of Dark Matter and gas in simulation

Happy Dark Matter Day! Meet the usual — and unusual — suspects in this cosmic mystery

October 31, 2024
Categories: In The News, Faculty/Emeritus, High Energy and Particle Theory, Strong Interactions and Nuclear Theory
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