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MIT faculty, alumni named 2026 Sloan Research Fellows

Annual award honors early-career researchers for creativity, innovation, and research accomplishments.

February 21, 2026
Categories: Awards/Honors, Faculty/Emeritus, Pappalardo Fellows, Alumni, WiSTEM, Astrophysics Observation, Instrumentation, and Experiment

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Ritika Sethi, physics graduate student

Physics graduate student, Ritika Sethi, named 2025 Quad Fellow

August 5, 2025
Categories: Awards/Honors, Graduate Students, Astrophysics Observation, Instrumentation, and Experiment
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Grad student Megan Masterson explains tidal disruption events on CBS Eye of the World with John Batchelor

August 5, 2025
Categories: Q&A, Graduate Students, WiSTEM, Astrophysics Observation, Instrumentation, and Experiment

Podcast: IAIFI Director Jesse Thaler on Discovery Engines – How AI and Physics Are Shaping Each Other

August 5, 2025
Categories: Q&A, Faculty/Emeritus, High Energy and Particle Theory, Strong Interactions and Nuclear Theory

Ultrasmall optical devices rewrite the rules of light manipulation

July 31, 2025
Categories: Research, Faculty/Emeritus, Graduate Students, Condensed Matter Experiment
Figure shows a beam of red light with two atom icons in it, going through a hole. A screen depicts bending red light.

Famous double-slit experiment holds up when stripped to its quantum essentials

July 27, 2025
Categories: Research, Faculty/Emeritus, Graduate Students, Atomic Physics
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MIT’s Ultra-Small Optical Devices Rewrite the Rules of Light Manipulation

July 24, 2025
Categories: Research, Faculty/Emeritus, Graduate Students, Condensed Matter Experiment

Astronomers discover star-shredding black holes hiding in dusty galaxies

July 23, 2025
Categories: Research, Faculty/Emeritus, Graduate Students, WiSTEM, Astrophysics Observation, Instrumentation, and Experiment
An image of two people sitting on chairs inside MIT LIGO Lab.

The LIGO Lab Is Pushing the Boundaries of Gravitational-Wave Research

July 15, 2025
Categories: Q&A, Faculty/Emeritus, Astrophysics Observation, Instrumentation, and Experiment

Professor Emeritus Daniel Kleppner, highly influential atomic physicist, dies at 92

July 14, 2025
Categories: In Remembrance, Faculty/Emeritus, Atomic Physics
Daniel Kleppner, a white-haired man wearing a blue short-sleeved shirt, sits on what appears to be some kind of swing.

Daniel Kleppner, Physicist Who Brought Precision to GPS, Dies at 92

July 11, 2025
Categories: In Remembrance, Faculty/Emeritus, Atomic Physics
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Edwin F. Taylor, 93: Transformative Physics Educator & Acclaimed Author

July 10, 2025
Categories: In Remembrance, Academic Staff
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Daniel Kleppner, prize-winning physicist, dies at 92

June 25, 2025
Categories: In Remembrance, Faculty/Emeritus, Atomic Physics
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