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MIT affiliates elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences for 2026

The prestigious honor society honors four MIT faculty and 13 additional MIT alumni among more than 250 new members.

April 28, 2026
Categories: Awards/Honors, Faculty, Condensed Matter Experiment

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Neutron Stars Illuminate the Hidden Physics of Quark Superconductivity

December 4, 2024
Categories: Research, Faculty, Strong Interactions and Nuclear Theory
headshot of Professor Emeritus Hale Bradt PhD '61

Hale Van Dorn Bradt PhD ’61, professor emeritus and X-ray astronomy pioneer, dies at 93

December 2, 2024
Categories: In Remembrance, Faculty, Astrophysics Observation, Instrumentation, and Experiment
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, Alumni, Condensed Matter Experiment, Condensed Matter Theory
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Physicists close in on fractionally-charged electron mystery in graphene

December 1, 2024
Categories: Research, Faculty, 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: Interview/Q&A, Faculty, 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
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MIT physicists predict exotic form of matter with potential for quantum computing

November 17, 2024
Categories: Research, Faculty, 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, Alumni, Condensed Matter Theory
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Ensuring a durable transition

November 14, 2024
Categories: In The News, Faculty
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, 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
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