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Olivia Rosenstein stands with arms folded in front of a large piece of lab equipment

The many-body dynamics of cold atoms and cross-country running

Senior Olivia Rosenstein balances cross-country competitions with research in quantum gasses and early-universe radio wave signals.

April 23, 2024
Categories: Profile, Undergraduates, WiSTEM, Atomic Physics

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Pablo Jarillo-Herrero sitting in his laboratory

Pablo Jarillo-Herrero receives the Lise Meitner Distinguished Lecture and Medal

November 6, 2020
Categories: Awards/Honors, Faculty/Emeritus, Condensed Matter Experiment

For Thomas Searles, a passion for people and science at HBCUs and MIT

November 5, 2020
Categories: Profile, URM STEM, Visiting Faculty, Condensed Matter Experiment

Five MIT researchers receive awards from the American Physical Society

November 4, 2020
Categories: Awards/Honors, Faculty/Emeritus, Students & Alumni, Pappalardo Fellows, WiSTEM, URM STEM, Strong Interactions and Nuclear Theory
A magnetar in outburst

Astronomers report first detection of ultrabright radio flashes in our own galaxy

November 4, 2020
Categories: Research, Faculty/Emeritus, Astrophysics Observation, Instrumentation, and Experiment

The Most Famous Paradox in Physics Nears Its End

October 29, 2020
Categories: In The News, Faculty/Emeritus, Quantum Gravity and Field Theory
Flowers in vase

Beautiful, Impractical Physics

October 29, 2020
Categories: Wilczek's Universe, Faculty/Emeritus
Two people in clean suits inspecting a mirror-testing apparatus.

Designing new mirror materials for better gravitational-wave detection

October 28, 2020
Categories: Research, Profile, Students & Alumni, Astrophysics Observation, Instrumentation, and Experiment

Andrea Ghez ’87 awarded 2020 Nobel Prize in Physics

October 28, 2020
Categories: Awards/Honors, Q&A, In The News, Students & Alumni, Astrophysics Observation, Instrumentation, and Experiment

How to Measure the Speed of Light With a Bar of Chocolate and Your Microwave

October 22, 2020
Categories: In The News, Students & Alumni

Daniel Harlow awarded Packard Foundation Fellowship

October 20, 2020
Categories: Awards/Honors, Faculty/Emeritus, High Energy and Particle Theory, Quantum Gravity and Field Theory

Why a Perfect Spiral Football Pass Doesn’t Break the Laws of Physics

October 16, 2020
Categories: In The News, Faculty/Emeritus

Kofi Blake is bringing people together

October 13, 2020
Categories: Profile, Students & Alumni, URM STEM
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