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Honeycomb pattern consisting of three pairs of round graphene orbs in red, yellow, and blue.

Graphene can hold multiple states of superconductivity, a new study finds

What’s more, the superconducting states get stronger under conditions expected to kill them.

June 29, 2026
Categories: Research, Faculty, Graduate Students, Condensed Matter Experiment

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

Categories: Awards/Honors, Faculty, Condensed Matter Experiment
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MIT Professor Shu-Heng Shao and Alumnus Yifan Wang Awarded 2026 New Horizons in Physics Prize

Categories: Awards/Honors, Faculty, Alumni, High Energy and Particle Theory, Condensed Matter Theory, Quantum Gravity and Field Theory
A neutrino is represented as a sphere with the letter ‘v,’ and is shot out through space like a laser.

Physicists Propose a New Kind of Laser That Would Fire Neutrinos

Categories: In The News, Faculty, Nuclear Physics Experiment
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MIT Estimates 3 Parameters With Quantum Sensor

Categories: Research, Awards/Honors, Faculty, Graduate Students, Atomic Physics, Quantum Information Science

MIT faculty, alumni receive 2025-26 American Physical Society honors

Categories: Awards/Honors, Faculty, Alumni, Biophysics, Condensed Matter Theory, Nuclear Physics Experiment, Particle Physics Experiment

Multitasking quantum sensors can measure several properties at once

Categories: In The News, Faculty, Quantum Information Science, Atomic Physics
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How strange new ‘altermagnets’ could rewrite physics

Categories: In The News, Faculty, Graduate Students, Condensed Matter Experiment
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Physicists zero in on the mass of the fundamental W boson particle

Categories: Research, Faculty, Particle Physics Experiment
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Experiments dim hopes for sterile neutrinos

Categories: In The News, Faculty, Nuclear Physics Experiment, Particle Physics Experiment
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Keeping Perfect Time

Categories: Research, Faculty, Atomic Physics
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Electrons in moiré crystals explore higher-dimensional quantum worlds

Categories: Research, Faculty, Graduate Students, Pappalardo Fellows, Alumni, Condensed Matter Experiment, Condensed Matter Theory
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Kiyoshi Masui Helps Transform Deep-Space Signals into Cathedral Sound

Categories: In The News, Faculty, Astrophysics Observation, Instrumentation, and Experiment
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