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QS ranks MIT the world’s No. 1 university for 2026-27

Ranking at the top for the 15th year in a row, the Institute also places first in 12 subject areas.

June 17, 2026
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QS ranks MIT the world’s No. 1 university for 2026-27

Categories: Education

MIT Open Learning reaches all the way to the South Pole

Categories: Education, Faculty
Pablo Jarillo-Herrero holds up example of what moiré quantum matter looks like

Essay: Adventures Exploring the World and Unchartered Physics Territory

Categories: Profile, Faculty, Condensed Matter Experiment
This illustration shows a primordial black hole (PBH) inside a Sun-like star. New simulations show that if a star captured a PBH, there are two potential outcomes. One sees the star destroyed rapidly, the other sees the PBH gradually consume the star. Image Credit: MPA, background image: Wikimedia/Creative Commons.

What Happens to a Star That Captures A Primordial Black Hole?

Categories: Research, Faculty, Astrophysics Theory
headshot of Professor Haocun Yu

Reconciling fundamental physics

Categories: Profile, Alumni, WiSTEM, Atomic Physics, Quantum Gravity and Field Theory
Man stands in front of the MIT dome, holding a circular wafer displaying moire patterns over his head

Pablo Jarillo-Herrero wins Kavli Prize in Nanoscience

Categories: Awards/Honors, Faculty, Condensed Matter Experiment
headshot of Pablo Jarillo-Herrero

In the laboratory of physicist Pablo Jarillo-Herrero, the ‘magician’ of graphene: “My dream is to create a prestigious university in Spain like MIT”

Categories: Interview/Q&A, Faculty, Condensed Matter Experiment

MIT affiliates win 2026 Breakthrough, New Horizons prizes

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

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

MIT astronomers discover the earliest known flickering quasar

Categories: Research, Faculty, Postdocs, Astrophysics Observation, Instrumentation, and Experiment

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

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

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
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