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Francesco Sciortino, wearing gloves, looks down a long copper-colored rod. Various devices can be seen on workbenches behind them and there is a large mural on the wall in the background that appears to represent a stellerator.

From Farm to Fusion: A Scientific and Entrepreneurial Odyssey

MIT alumnus Francesco Sciortino PhD '21 leads Proxima Fusion to turn stellarator-based nuclear energy into a commercial reality.

September 21, 2026
Categories: Profile, Alumni, Plasma Physics

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A new way to build neural networks could make AI more understandable

Categories: In The News, Graduate Students
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President Kornbluth welcomes the Class of 2028

Categories: In The News
Tracy Slatyer poses in front of blackboard covered in physics equations

What If We Never Find Dark Matter?

Categories: In The News, Faculty, High Energy and Particle Theory, Astrophysics Theory
Dominika Ďurovčíková stands outside with MIT buildings in background.

When the lights turned on in the universe

Categories: Profile, Graduate Students, WiSTEM, Astrophysics Observation, Instrumentation, and Experiment
Two scientists in hard hats working on the 2x2 prototype detector for the DUNE near detector.

DUNE Scientists Observe First Neutrinos with Prototype Detector at Fermilab

Categories: Research, Pappalardo Fellows, WiSTEM, Particle Physics Experiment, Nuclear Physics Experiment
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Joseph A. Izatt PhD ’91 (1962-2024)

Categories: In Remembrance, Alumni
Minh-Thi Nguyen smiles holding her pigtails

‘Total effervescence’: Princeton community remembers Minh-Thi Nguyen ’21

Categories: In Remembrance, Graduate Students, WiSTEM
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Physicists report new insights into exotic particles key to magnetism

Categories: Research, Faculty, Graduate Students, Alumni, Condensed Matter Experiment

Testing spooky action at a distance

Categories: Research, Faculty, Quantum Information Science

New transistor’s superlative properties could have broad electronics applications

Categories: Research, Faculty, Graduate Students, Condensed Matter Experiment

Or Hen: Getting to the core of the matter

Categories: Research, Profile, Faculty, Nuclear Physics Experiment, Particle Physics Experiment
Minh-Thi Nguyen poses with others

In Remembrance: Minh-Thi Nguyen

Categories: In Remembrance, Graduate Students
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