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MIT faculty, alumni named 2026 Sloan Research Fellows

Annual award honors early-career researchers for creativity, innovation, and research accomplishments.

February 21, 2026
Categories: Awards/Honors, Faculty/Emeritus, Pappalardo Fellows, Alumni, WiSTEM, Astrophysics Observation, Instrumentation, and Experiment

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Black Holes Swallow Everything, Even the Truth

August 15, 2023
Categories: In The News, Faculty/Emeritus, Quantum Gravity and Field Theory, High Energy and Particle Theory
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Visualizing the microscopic phases of magic-angle twisted bilayer graphene

August 15, 2023
Categories: Research, Faculty/Emeritus, Pappalardo Fellows, Condensed Matter Experiment

Simple superconducting device could dramatically cut energy use in computing, other applications

August 14, 2023
Categories: Research, Faculty/Emeritus, Academic Staff, Condensed Matter Theory

JWST Spots Giant Black Holes All Over the Early Universe

August 13, 2023
Categories: In The News, Faculty/Emeritus, WiSTEM, Astrophysics Observation, Instrumentation, and Experiment

Fourteen MIT School of Science professors, seven from Physics, receive tenure for 2022 and 2023

August 7, 2023
Categories: Awards/Honors, Faculty/Emeritus, WiSTEM, URM STEM, Biophysics, High Energy and Particle Theory, Quantum Gravity and Field Theory, Astrophysics Observation, Instrumentation, and Experiment, Strong Interactions and Nuclear Theory, Condensed Matter Experiment, Nuclear Physics Experiment, Particle Physics Experiment

Wolfgang Ketterle receives Vannevar Bush Faculty Fellowship

August 6, 2023
Categories: Awards/Honors, Faculty/Emeritus, Atomic Physics
SPT2215 relaxed galaxy cluster in composite image by Chandra, Hubble, and other space instruments

Secrets of the early universe are hidden in this chill galaxy cluster

July 27, 2023
Categories: Research, Faculty/Emeritus, Graduate Students, Alumni, Astrophysics Observation, Instrumentation, and Experiment
Artist's depiction of a time crystal.

What is a time crystal?

August 3, 2023
Categories: Faculty/Emeritus, Quantum Gravity and Field Theory
Atomic carpet moved by scrambled spins.

Scientists discover unusual ultrafast motion in layered magnetic materials

August 1, 2023
Categories: Research, Faculty/Emeritus, Condensed Matter Experiment
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Samuel Ting awarded Bhabha Award for AMS work

August 2, 2023
Categories: Awards/Honors, Faculty/Emeritus, Particle Physics Experiment
astronaut pulled toward a black hole

Quantum Complexity Shows How to Escape Hawking’s Black Hole Paradox

August 1, 2023
Categories: In The News, Faculty/Emeritus
A closeup of the laser equipment shows metallic rods, a circuit board, wires, and lenses, all in a green glow.

Sensing and controlling microscopic spin density in materials

August 1, 2023
Categories: Research, Faculty/Emeritus, WiSTEM, Quantum Information Science
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