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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 23, 2026
Categories: In The News, Faculty, Graduate Students, Astrophysics Observation, Instrumentation, and Experiment

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Zoë Marschner and Charlotte Wickert named 2022-23 Goldwater Scholars

April 18, 2022
Categories: Awards/Honors, Undergraduates, Students, WiSTEM

School of Science announces 2022 Infinite Mile Awards

April 14, 2022
Categories: Awards/Honors, Academic Staff

Structures considered key to gene expression are surprisingly fleeting

April 13, 2022
Categories: Research, Faculty, Biophysics
Frank Wilczek

A Quantum Leap, With Strings Attached

April 13, 2022
Categories: In The News, Faculty
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QS World University Rankings rates MIT No. 1 in 12 subjects for 2022

April 5, 2022
Categories: In The News, Education
Physics postdoc and grad student stand in MIT lab.

Physicists engineer ferroelectricity into well-known family of semiconductors

March 29, 2022
Categories: Research, Faculty, Students, Graduate Students, Condensed Matter Experiment
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Q&A: Stuart Schmill on MIT’s decision to reinstate the SAT/ACT requirement

March 27, 2022
Categories: In The News, Education
computer model simulation of early universe

Scientists develop the largest, most detailed model of the early universe to date

March 23, 2022
Categories: Research, Faculty, Postdocs, Astrophysics Theory
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MIT graduate engineering, business, science programs ranked highly by U.S. News for 2023

March 28, 2022
Categories: In The News, Education
Demonstration of propagating waves on MIT’s Bell Labs Wave Machine

Vibrations and Waves

March 27, 2022
Categories: In The News, Education, Postdocs
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Ukraine@MIT

March 22, 2022
Categories: In The News, Students
Halloween asteroid

NASA Bets on an Asteroid Killer, a Venusian Balloon, and More New Tech

March 21, 2022
Categories: In The News, Faculty, WiSTEM, Astrophysics Observation, Instrumentation, and Experiment
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