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In the right place, even a less fit species can win

Published study uses mathematical models to describe the expansion of competing populations.

August 3, 2026
Categories: Research, Faculty, Graduate Students, Biophysics

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Keeping Perfect Time

Categories: Research, Faculty, Atomic Physics
Hundreds of parallel lines comprised of spheres recede into the distance. In the middle ground are seven large red dots and a white 3D arrow pointing up.

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

Two physicists and a curious host walk into a studio…

Categories: Interview/Q&A, Faculty, Astrophysics Observation, Instrumentation, and Experiment
A magnifying glass seeing into a semiconductor and finding atoms, which look like smooth spheres but some are cracked and brittle.

MIT researchers use AI to uncover atomic defects in materials

Categories: In The News, Undergraduates, Nuclear Physics Experiment
A dense star field shows thousands of stars of varying colors and brightness scattered across a dark background.

Primitive star offers glimpse of early universe

Categories: In The News, Faculty, Astrophysics Observation, Instrumentation, and Experiment
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Did Scientists Just Detect an Exploding Black Hole?

Categories: Research, Faculty, Graduate Students, High Energy and Particle Theory

“Near-misses” in particle accelerators can illuminate new physics, study finds

Categories: Research, Faculty, Nuclear Physics Experiment

QS World University Rankings rates MIT No. 1 in 12 subjects for 2026

Categories: Awards/Honors, Education
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A boom in gravitational waves leaves scientists with more questions than answers

Categories: Research, Faculty, Graduate Students, Astrophysics Observation, Instrumentation, and Experiment
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Scientists Just Recreated the Plasma That Existed Before Anything Else in the Universe

Categories: In The News, Faculty, Particle Physics Experiment, Quantum Gravity and Field Theory
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Professors Mavalvala and Vitale discuss the science behind the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory (LIGO) on GBH’s Curiosity Desk

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