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Anything-goes “anyons” may be at the root of surprising quantum experiments

MIT physicists say these quasiparticles may explain how superconductivity and magnetism can coexist in certain materials.

December 22, 2025
Categories: Research, Faculty/Emeritus, Graduate Students, Condensed Matter Theory, Quantum Gravity and Field Theory

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A syringe and vial in front of a view of a lymph node shown in pink and blue splotches.

A two-dose schedule could make HIV vaccines more effective

September 19, 2024
Categories: Research, Faculty/Emeritus, Biophysics
An aerial view of the Virgo site shows the Mode-Cleaner building, the Central building, the 3km-long west arm and the beginning of the north arm.

We’ve just doubled the number of gravitational waves we can find

September 18, 2024
Categories: In The News, Faculty/Emeritus, Alumni, Postdocs, Astrophysics Observation, Instrumentation, and Experiment
Transmission electron micrograph graphic

New material sports wavy layers of atoms

September 18, 2024
Categories: Research, Faculty/Emeritus, Alumni, Condensed Matter Experiment
Man stands holding example of what moiré quantum matter looks like

Pablo Jarillo-Herrero named 2024 Clarivate Citation Laureate

September 18, 2024
Categories: Awards/Honors, Faculty/Emeritus, Condensed Matter Experiment
The CMS detector at the Large Hadron Collider

Hopes for new physics dashed by ordinary-looking W bosons at CERN

September 16, 2024
Categories: In The News, Alumni, High Energy and Particle Theory
An illustration shows a black hole, indicated by warped light, near a planet in the solar system

How to spot tiny black holes that might pass through the solar system

September 16, 2024
Categories: In The News, Faculty/Emeritus, Pappalardo Fellows, Alumni, Astrophysics Theory
Frank Wilczek shakes hands with the King of Sweden while receiving the 2004 Nobel Prize in Physics

Nobel 2004: freedom for quarks!

September 16, 2024
Categories: Awards/Honors, In The News, Faculty/Emeritus, High Energy and Particle Theory, Strong Interactions and Nuclear Theory

MIT OpenCourseWare sparks the joy of deep understanding

September 16, 2024
Categories: In The News, Education
A primordial black hole flying past, and briefly “wobbling” the orbit of Mars with the sun in the background.

A wobble from Mars could be sign of dark matter, MIT study finds

September 16, 2024
Categories: Research, Faculty/Emeritus, Pappalardo Fellows, Alumni, Astrophysics Theory

Robert Simcoe, Director of the MIT Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research, to receive 2024 Muhlmann Award

September 15, 2024
Categories: Awards/Honors, Faculty/Emeritus
Image shows vein-like connections, in purple, spreading across galaxies connecting celestial bodies.

Study: Early dark energy could resolve cosmology’s two biggest puzzles

September 12, 2024
Categories: Research, Faculty/Emeritus, Pappalardo Fellows, Postdocs, Astrophysics Theory
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Novel Architecture Makes Neural Networks More Understandable

September 10, 2024
Categories: Research, Faculty/Emeritus, Graduate Students
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