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MIT affiliates win 2026 Breakthrough, New Horizons prizes

Faculty member Shu-Heng Shao, in addition to four MIT alumni, are honored by the Breakthrough Prize Foundation.

June 9, 2026
Categories: Awards/Honors, Faculty, Alumni, Quantum Gravity and Field Theory, Condensed Matter Theory, High Energy and Particle Theory

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MIT affiliates win 2026 Breakthrough, New Horizons prizes

June 7, 2026
Categories: Awards/Honors, Faculty, Alumni, Quantum Gravity and Field Theory, Condensed Matter Theory, High Energy and Particle Theory
A scientific diagram illustrating the shell-model orbital structures of three nuclei—Calcium-40, Calcium-48, and Iron-54—using concentric rings with red neutrons and blue protons, alongside a lower-right schematic of an electron scattering reaction.

Quantum shell structure reveals new rule for proton-neutron pairing inside nuclei

June 3, 2026
Categories: Research, Faculty, Nuclear Physics Experiment
A black hole’s spinning energy, like a flat pancake.

MIT astronomers discover the earliest known flickering quasar

June 7, 2026
Categories: Research, Faculty, Postdocs, Astrophysics Observation, Instrumentation, and Experiment

Aram Harrow, quantum researcher: ‘These computers won’t take 10 years; they’ll arrive sooner’

June 4, 2026
Categories: Interview/Q&A, Faculty, Quantum Information Science
IAIFI logo on a stylized background showing physics symbols

NSF renews support for MIT-led AI and physics institute, expanding a new model for discovery

June 3, 2026
Categories: Labs & Centers, Faculty, Astrophysics Observation, Instrumentation, and Experiment, Astrophysics Theory, High Energy and Particle Theory, Particle Physics Experiment, Strong Interactions and Nuclear Theory, Quantum Gravity and Field Theory, Nuclear Physics Experiment, Quantum Information Science
Daniel Harlow poses in front of blackboard full of colorful equations

Entanglement Builds Space-Time. Now “Magic” Gives It Gravity.

June 2, 2026
Categories: Research, Faculty, Quantum Gravity and Field Theory

Ten from MIT accept 2026 Fulbright awards

May 25, 2026
Categories: Awards/Honors, Undergraduates, Alumni
Aurora visible above a building and observation platform with two people silhouetted at night

MIT students study plasma physics beneath Alaska’s aurora

May 21, 2026
Categories: In The News, Faculty, Graduate Students, Astrophysics Observation, Instrumentation, and Experiment

MIT affiliates elected to National Academy of Sciences for 2026

May 20, 2026
Categories: Awards/Honors, Alumni
headshot of Zhurun Judy Ji

Zhurun (Judy) Ji Named CIFAR Global Scholar for 2026–2028

May 18, 2026
Categories: Awards/Honors, Faculty
Senior Research Scientist Jagadeesh Moodera poses in front of a molecular beam epitaxy system

Magnetic Topological Materials Could Revolutionize Energy-Efficient Electronics

May 18, 2026
Categories: Research, Academic Staff, Condensed Matter Experiment

Two from MIT named 2026 Knight-Hennessy Scholars

May 13, 2026
Categories: Awards/Honors, Alumni, WiSTEM
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