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Erin Kara and John Marshall receive postdoctoral mentoring award

Faculty recognized for the exceptional professional and personal guidance they provide postdocs.

November 17, 2025
Categories: Awards/Honors, Faculty/Emeritus, WiSTEM, Astrophysics Observation, Instrumentation, and Experiment

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3 Questions: Ibrahim Cissé on using physics to decipher biology

July 21, 2020
Categories: Q&A, Faculty/Emeritus, URM STEM, Biophysics
A black hole’s corona disappears, then reappears.

In a first, astronomers watch a black hole’s corona disappear, then reappear

July 15, 2020
Categories: Research, Faculty/Emeritus, Astrophysics Observation, Instrumentation, and Experiment

Four MIT faculty members receive U.S. Department of Energy early career awards

July 14, 2020
Categories: Awards/Honors, Faculty/Emeritus, WiSTEM, URM STEM, Strong Interactions and Nuclear Theory
Illustration of electrons and fan

The Physics of Keeping Things Cool

July 15, 2020
Categories: Faculty/Emeritus

Nine MIT School of Science professors receive tenure for 2020

July 6, 2020
Categories: Awards/Honors, Faculty/Emeritus, WiSTEM, URM STEM
Artist's interpretation of MIT-designed miniature “squeezer” reduces quantum noise in lasers at room temperature.

Portable system boosts laser precision, at room temperature

July 6, 2020
Categories: Research, Faculty/Emeritus, Students & Alumni, Astrophysics Observation, Instrumentation, and Experiment
LIGO optics technician inspects one of LIGO’s mirrors

Quantum fluctuations can jiggle objects on the human scale

June 30, 2020
Categories: Research, Faculty/Emeritus, Astrophysics Observation, Instrumentation, and Experiment

Learning during lockdown

June 29, 2020
Categories: Education, Students & Alumni
CHIME, a radio telescope in British Columbia, consists of four large antennas, each about the size and shape of a snowboarding half-pipe.

Astronomers detect regular rhythm of radio waves, with origins unknown

June 16, 2020
Categories: Research, Faculty/Emeritus, Astrophysics Observation, Instrumentation, and Experiment

Newly observed phenomenon could lead to new quantum devices

June 11, 2020

Capturing stardust

June 11, 2020
Categories: Profile, Students & Alumni, WiSTEM, Astrophysics Observation, Instrumentation, and Experiment

Seven from MIT win 2020 Hertz Fellowships

June 10, 2020
Categories: Awards/Honors, Students & Alumni
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