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Hundreds of parallel lines comprised of spheres recede into the distance. In the middle ground are seven large red dots and a white 3D arrow pointing up.

Electrons in moiré crystals explore higher-dimensional quantum worlds

MIT physicists have discovered 3D “moiré crystals” that simulate four-dimensional quantum materials to a T.

April 7, 2026
Categories: Research, Faculty/Emeritus, Graduate Students, Pappalardo Fellows, Alumni, Condensed Matter Experiment, Condensed Matter Theory

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A computer chip with an engraved cityscape has white and green energy above it.

Photonic processor could enable ultrafast AI computations with extreme energy efficiency

December 1, 2024
Categories: Research, Faculty/Emeritus, Alumni, Condensed Matter Experiment, Condensed Matter Theory
Diagram showing an interaction-induced topological

Physicists close in on fractionally-charged electron mystery in graphene

December 1, 2024
Categories: Research, Faculty/Emeritus, Graduate Students, Condensed Matter Experiment, Condensed Matter Theory
Nergis Mavalvala poses in front of MIT dome

Meet Nergis Mavalvala PhD ’97, Dean of the School of Science

November 20, 2024
Categories: Q&A, Faculty/Emeritus, WiSTEM, Astrophysics Observation, Instrumentation, and Experiment
Jordan Rudess and Joseph Paradiso speak to each other on a black stage with white petals interspersed among them

A model of virtuosity

November 18, 2024
Categories: In The News, Alumni
9 Students pose against a bank of cherry blossoms in front of the Washington Monument

Making a mark in the nation’s capital

November 18, 2024
Categories: In The News, Alumni
Illustration shows rainbow-hued particles uniformly distributed on a deep blue background. A pair of circles labeled

MIT physicists predict exotic form of matter with potential for quantum computing

November 17, 2024
Categories: Research, Faculty/Emeritus, Graduate Students, Postdocs, Condensed Matter Theory
Multiple layers of graphene

How can electrons can split into fractions of themselves?

November 17, 2024
Categories: Research, Faculty/Emeritus, Alumni, Condensed Matter Theory
Five people sit on stage during a panel.

Ensuring a durable transition

November 14, 2024
Categories: In The News, Faculty/Emeritus
Tracy Slatyer poses in front of blackboard covered in physics equations

MIT Professor Tracy Slatyer to Receive Jon C. Graff, Ph.D. Prize for Excellence in Science Communication

November 13, 2024
Categories: Awards/Honors, Faculty/Emeritus, WiSTEM, Astrophysics Theory, High Energy and Particle Theory
4 headshots of professors Soonwon Choi, Ronald Garcia Ruiz, Marin Soljacic, and Andrew Vanderburg

Four physics faculty named to professorships

November 13, 2024
Categories: Awards/Honors, Faculty/Emeritus

Bridging Talents and Opportunities Forum connects high school and college students with STEAM leaders and resources

November 3, 2024
Categories: Events, Faculty/Emeritus
this map of dark matter in the universe was obtained from data from the kids survey, using the vlt survey telescope at eso’s paranal observatory in chile it reveals an expansive web of dense light and empty dark regions this image is one out of five patches of the sky observed by kids here the invisible dark matter is seen rendered in pink, covering an area of sky around 420 times the size of the full moon

Can Axions Save the Universe?

October 31, 2024
Categories: In The News, Faculty/Emeritus, High Energy and Particle Theory, Quantum Gravity and Field Theory
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