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MIT affiliates, including named 2024 AAAS Fellows

AAAS recognizes six current affiliates and 27 additional MIT alumni for their efforts to advance science and related fields.

April 3, 2025
Categories: Awards/Honors, Academic Staff, Condensed Matter Experiment

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inners of a quantum computer

Spooky action at a distance: a quantum computing research collaboration crosses the Atlantic

July 22, 2024
Categories: In The News, Faculty/Emeritus, Quantum Information Science
Schematic showing how exotic particles known as excitons can “hop” between nickel atoms (grey dots) in the nickel dihalide materials.

Physicists report new insights into exotic particles key to magnetism

July 18, 2024
Categories: Research, Faculty/Emeritus, Condensed Matter Experiment
In outer space, an orange exoplanet is on left and a bright star is on the right.

Astronomers spot a highly “eccentric” planet on its way to becoming a hot Jupiter

July 17, 2024
Categories: Research, Faculty/Emeritus, WiSTEM, Astrophysics Theory, Astrophysics Observation, Instrumentation, and Experiment
three people pose in front of physics posters

Physics Education Group at AAPT Summer Meeting 2024

July 17, 2024
Categories: Education, Undergraduates, Graduate Students, Academic Staff

Pioneering the future of materials extraction

July 2, 2024
Categories: In The News, Alumni

Scientists observe record-setting electron mobility in a new crystal film

July 1, 2024
Categories: Research, Academic Staff, Condensed Matter Experiment
Matt Whyte, David Kaiser, and Jack Antonoff

Jack Antonoff and David Kaiser discuss theoretical physics and time perception

June 27, 2024
Categories: In The News, Faculty/Emeritus, High Energy and Particle Theory
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Astronomer reaches for the (exploding) stars

June 25, 2024
Categories: Profile, Alumni, WiSTEM
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Featured video: Researchers discuss queer visibility in academia

June 13, 2024
Categories: Education, Faculty/Emeritus, WiSTEM
Side-by-side headshots of Nancy Kanwisher, Robert Langer, and Sara Seager

Nancy Kanwisher, Robert Langer, and Sara Seager named Kavli Prize Laureates

June 12, 2024
Categories: Awards/Honors, Faculty/Emeritus, WiSTEM, Astrophysics Observation, Instrumentation, and Experiment
A black hole animation of the event horizon. It shows the swirling orange material around the central black void.

What “naked” singularities are revealing about quantum space-time

June 11, 2024
Categories: Research, In The News, Faculty/Emeritus, Quantum Gravity and Field Theory

Paying it forward

June 6, 2024
Categories: Awards/Honors, Faculty/Emeritus, WiSTEM, Astrophysics Theory, High Energy and Particle Theory
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