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A unique computer chip has red and blue light on grid-like pathways.

Quantum simulator could help uncover materials for high-performance electronics

By emulating a magnetic field on a superconducting quantum computer, researchers can probe complex properties of materials.

November 3, 2024
Categories: Research, Faculty/Emeritus, Condensed Matter Experiment, Quantum Information Science

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School of Science announces 2024 Infinite Expansion Awards

March 4, 2024
Categories: Awards/Honors, Postdocs, Academic Staff
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How scientists are using quantum squeezing to push the limits of their sensors

February 29, 2024
Categories: In The News, Astrophysics Observation, Instrumentation, and Experiment
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A journey through the history of quasicrystals

March 3, 2024
Categories: In The News, Faculty/Emeritus, Graduate Students, Pappalardo Fellows, Condensed Matter Experiment

Eight from MIT named 2024 Sloan Research Fellows

February 29, 2024
Categories: Awards/Honors, Quantum Information Science, Astrophysics Observation, Instrumentation, and Experiment
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What Is the Nature of Time?

February 29, 2024
Categories: Q&A, Podcast, Faculty/Emeritus, High Energy and Particle Theory, Strong Interactions and Nuclear Theory
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Annual Festival of Learning discusses applications of generative artificial intelligence inside and outside of the classroom

February 22, 2024
Categories: Education, Events, Faculty/Emeritus
Three small purple spheres are on left, and one large purple sphere is on right. A bending stream of energy is between them. Graphene layers are in the background.

Electrons become fractions of themselves in graphene, study finds

February 21, 2024
Categories: Research, Faculty/Emeritus, Undergraduates, Students & Alumni, Graduate Students, Postdocs, Condensed Matter Experiment
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For all humankind

February 13, 2024
Categories: In The News, Undergraduates
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To See Black Holes in Stunning Detail, She Uses ‘Echoes’ Like a Bat

February 12, 2024
Categories: Q&A, Faculty/Emeritus, WiSTEM, Astrophysics Observation, Instrumentation, and Experiment
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MIT physicists capture the first sounds of heat “sloshing” in a superfluid

February 8, 2024
Categories: Research, Faculty/Emeritus, Alumni, Atomic Physics
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After 20 years, this scientist uncovered the physics behind the spiral pass

February 7, 2024
Categories: In The News, Academic Staff

Researchers discover new channels to excite magnetic waves with terahertz light

February 6, 2024
Categories: In The News, Postdocs, Condensed Matter Experiment
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