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Professor Emeritus Lee Grodzins, pioneer in nuclear physics, dies at 98

Grodzins performed groundbreaking studies of the weak interaction, led in detection technology, and co-founded the Union of Concerned Scientists.

April 2, 2025
Categories: In Remembrance, Faculty/Emeritus, Nuclear Physics Experiment

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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
Primordial black hole forming amid a sea of color-charged quarks and gluons

Exotic black holes could be a byproduct of dark matter

June 6, 2024
Categories: Research, Faculty/Emeritus, Graduate Students, WiSTEM, Quantum Information Science

Nuh Gedik receives 2024 National Brown Investigator Award

June 5, 2024
Categories: Awards/Honors, Faculty/Emeritus, Condensed Matter Experiment
Screenshot of graphic of Nergis Mavalvala from video

The World at MIT: Nergis Mavalvala

June 5, 2024
Categories: Faculty/Emeritus, WiSTEM, Astrophysics Observation, Instrumentation, and Experiment
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