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headshot of Jeffrey Goldstone, Cecil and Ida Green Professor Emeritus of Physics

Jeffrey Goldstone, pioneering theoretical physicist and MIT professor emeritus, dies at 93

A pioneer in quantum field theory, string theory, and quantum computing, the former CTP director leaves a research legacy spanning six decades.

October 14, 2026
Categories: In Remembrance, Faculty, Emeritus, High Energy and Particle Theory, Quantum Gravity and Field Theory, Quantum Information Science

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Professor Emeritus Gordon Pettengill, radio astronomy pioneer, dies at 95

Categories: In Remembrance, Astrophysics Observation, Instrumentation, and Experiment

Taking an indirect path into a bright future

Categories: Profile, Students
Riccardo Comin, Class of 1947 Career Development Assistant Professor of Physics

Doped antiferromagnets switch faster

Categories: Research, In The News, Faculty, Condensed Matter Experiment

How an Artificial Superintelligence Might Actually Destroy Humanity

Categories: In The News, Faculty
patiria miniata starfish

Starfish Embryos Observed Forming ‘Living Crystals’

Categories: Research, In The News, Faculty, Students, WiSTEM, Biophysics
(L to R) Abby Stein and Anjali Nambrath

Two from Physics awarded 2021 Fulbright Fellowships

Categories: Awards/Honors, Students, WiSTEM
A computer simulation shows the collision of two black holes, detected for the first time by the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) in 2015.

A New Math Shortcut Helps Describe Black Hole Collisions

Categories: In The News, Academic Staff, Faculty, Astrophysics Theory

MIT turns “magic” material into versatile electronic devices

Categories: Research, Faculty, Students, Pappalardo Fellows, Condensed Matter Experiment

Supermassive black holes devour gas just like their petite counterparts

Categories: Research, Students, Astrophysics Observation, Instrumentation, and Experiment
Illustration of binary code through eye of needle

Precision is Nature’s Gift to Technology

Categories: Faculty
Healthcare worker steadies needle in preparation for injecting vaccine into patient's shoulder.

A Recipe for Universal Vaccines

Categories: In The News, Faculty, Biophysics
Kofi Blake

Senior Kofi Blake named 2021 Knight-Hennessy Scholar

Categories: Awards/Honors, Students, URM STEM
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