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MIT students study plasma physics beneath Alaska’s aurora

Student-led expeditions use distributed instruments to observe auroral structures and probe space plasma in real-world conditions.

May 22, 2026
Categories: In The News, Faculty, Graduate Students, Astrophysics Observation, Instrumentation, and Experiment

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With a quantum “squeeze,” clocks could keep even more precise time, MIT researchers propose

November 29, 2023
Categories: Research, Graduate Students, Astrophysics Observation, Instrumentation, and Experiment

Everything, everywhere all at once

November 28, 2023
Categories: Profile, Visiting Faculty, WiSTEM, Astrophysics Theory

Celebrating five years of MIT.nano

November 26, 2023
Categories: In The News, Faculty, Quantum Information Science

Richard Fletcher named a 2023 Packard Fellow

November 26, 2023
Categories: Awards/Honors, Faculty, Pappalardo Fellows, Atomic Physics
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How excited should we be by signs of life spotted on alien worlds?

November 20, 2023
Categories: In The News, Faculty, WiSTEM, Astrophysics Observation, Instrumentation, and Experiment
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Three MIT affiliates receive Schmidt awards

November 19, 2023
Categories: Awards/Honors, In The News, Alumni

How cell identity is preserved when cells divide

November 15, 2023
Categories: Research, Faculty, Alumni, Postdocs, Biophysics
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The Biggest Questions: Why is the universe so complex and beautiful?

November 15, 2023
Categories: Research, Faculty, WiSTEM, Particle Physics Experiment

Five MIT affiliates receive awards from the American Physical Society

November 15, 2023
Rendering of a 3D crystal structure looks like a star made up of latticed cubes and pyramids.

Physicists trap electrons in a 3D crystal for the first time

November 7, 2023
Categories: Research, Faculty, Graduate Students, Postdocs, Condensed Matter Experiment
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Three from MIT named American Physical Society Fellows for 2023

November 6, 2023
Categories: Awards/Honors, Faculty, WiSTEM, Quantum Information Science
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The power of representation and connectivity in STEM education

October 31, 2023
Categories: Education
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