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Terahertz microscope reveals the motion of superconducting electrons

For the first time, the new scope allowed physicists to observe terahertz “jiggles” in a superconducting fluid.

February 6, 2026
Categories: Research, Faculty/Emeritus, Graduate Students, Postdocs, Condensed Matter Experiment

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Three small purple spheres are on left, and one large purple sphere is on right. A bending stream of energy is between them. Graphene layers are in the background.

Two young physicists win major award

September 23, 2025
Categories: Awards/Honors, Students & Alumni, Condensed Matter Experiment
Futuristic circuit board emanating energy.

MIT engineers develop a magnetic transistor for more energy-efficient electronics

September 22, 3035
Categories: Research, Graduate Students, Academic Staff, Condensed Matter Experiment
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Quilting with astrophysicists

September 22, 2025
Categories: In The News, Graduate Students

Could a primordial black hole’s last burst explain a mysteriously energetic neutrino?

September 17, 2025
Categories: Research, Faculty/Emeritus, Graduate Students, High Energy and Particle Theory, Astrophysics Theory
Close-up of a quantum processor suspended inside a cryogenic dilution refrigerator, showing intricate gold-colored wiring and circular components.

Building a quantum workforce

September 14, 2025
Categories: In The News, Faculty/Emeritus, Quantum Information Science

Ten years later, LIGO is a black-hole hunting machine

September 9, 2025
Categories: Research, Faculty/Emeritus
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Interviewing Two MIT Physics Heroes

September 8, 2025
Categories: Q&A, Academic Staff
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Wilczek’s Multiverse | Why it is time for the world to think about the 3 faces of time

September 7, 2025
Categories: In The News, Faculty/Emeritus, High Energy and Particle Theory, Strong Interactions and Nuclear Theory
A neutrino is represented as a sphere with the letter ‘v,’ and is shot out through space like a laser.

Physicists devise an idea for lasers that shoot beams of neutrinos

September 7, 2025
Categories: Research, Faculty/Emeritus, Nuclear Physics Experiment, Particle Physics Experiment
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What’s the Smallest Particle in the Universe?

September 3, 2025
Categories: In The News, Faculty/Emeritus, WiSTEM, Particle Physics Experiment, Nuclear Physics Experiment

New particle detector passes the “standard candle” test

September 1, 2025
Categories: Research, Faculty/Emeritus, Nuclear Physics Experiment, Particle Physics Experiment

Professor Emeritus Rainer Weiss, influential physicist who forged new paths to understanding the universe, dies at 92

August 25, 2025
Categories: In Remembrance, Faculty/Emeritus, Astrophysics Observation, Instrumentation, and Experiment
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