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$20 million gift supports theoretical physics research and education at MIT 

Gift from the Leinweber Foundation will drive discovery, collaboration, and the next generation of physics leaders.

June 2, 2025
Categories: Education, Labs & Centers

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A black hole surrounded by stars

How we might finally find black holes from the cosmic dawn

January 13, 2025
Categories: In The News, Faculty/Emeritus, Graduate Students, Astrophysics Theory, High Energy and Particle Theory
Ground-based radio telescopes, gravitational wave detectors, and a space-based X-ray telescope (right) all measure neutron stars (top left, shown merging), lending insight into the pairing of different-colored quarks in dense matter (bottom left).

Neutron Star Measurements Place Limits on Color Superconductivity in Dense Quark Matter

January 13, 2025
Categories: Research, Faculty/Emeritus, Graduate Students, WiSTEM, Quantum Gravity and Field Theory, Strong Interactions and Nuclear Theory
one graphene lattice rotates above another

New Superconductive Materials Have Just Been Discovered

January 12, 2025
Categories: In The News, Faculty/Emeritus, Condensed Matter Experiment, Condensed Matter Theory
Artist's conception of nuclei, blue-colored nuclei made of spherical protons and neutrons with red, green & blue quarks visible

Animation offers a new view of the nucleus

January 10, 2025
Categories: In The News, Faculty/Emeritus, Nuclear Physics Experiment
hand holding three playing cards next to graphic showing three layers of graphene with twisted mobius strips on top

Physicists discover—and explain—unexpected magnetism in atomically thin material

January 10, 2025
Categories: Research, Faculty/Emeritus, Graduate Students, Pappalardo Fellows, Condensed Matter Experiment, Condensed Matter Theory
graphic of neutron star in the Crab Nebula, as seen in various wavelengths

Drilling into Neutron Stars with Computers

January 6, 2025
Categories: Research, Faculty/Emeritus, Postdocs, Strong Interactions and Nuclear Theory
illustration of two scientists working on a particle accelerator

Small science and the future of particle physics

January 7, 2025
Categories: In The News, Faculty/Emeritus, WiSTEM, Nuclear Physics Experiment
Lens and equipment on the table

Antiferromagnet Magnetized with Light

January 7, 2025
Categories: Research, Faculty/Emeritus, Graduate Students, Condensed Matter Experiment
Red microbes above green background

A new way to determine whether a species will successfully invade an ecosystem

January 6, 2025
Categories: Research, Faculty/Emeritus, Alumni, Biophysics
2D Materials Twistronics Device

Meet MEGA2D: The Tiny Machine Twisting Material Science into the Future

January 6, 2025
Categories: In The News, Faculty/Emeritus, Condensed Matter Experiment
atom that has 4 electrons shaped like locks

Unlocking Quantum Mysteries! Discover How Electrons Shape Matter

January 5, 2025
Categories: In The News, Alumni, Condensed Matter Experiment
graphic of fast radio burst from distant galaxy to milky way

Turbulent Origins of Twinkling Fast Radio Burst Revealed by MIT Scientists

January 3, 2025
Categories: Research, Faculty/Emeritus, Astrophysics Observation, Instrumentation, and Experiment
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