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3 Questions: On the future of AI and the mathematical and physical sciences

Thaler describes vision for two-way bridge between artificial intelligence and the mathematical and physical sciences — one that promises to advance both.

March 21, 2026
Categories: Q&A, Faculty/Emeritus, High Energy and Particle Theory, Strong Interactions and Nuclear Theory

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Black hole merger

A “bang” in LIGO and Virgo detectors signals most massive gravitational-wave source yet

September 1, 2020
Categories: Research, Astrophysics Observation, Instrumentation, and Experiment
16-qubit superconducting quantum chip

MIT partners with national labs on two new National Quantum Information Science Research Centers

August 30, 2020
Categories: Research, Faculty/Emeritus, Quantum Information Science
Five by four grid of first-year students crossing their arms in a team-building exercise on Zoom

Bringing MIT magic to first-years everywhere

August 27, 2020
Categories: Events, Students & Alumni
Cosmic rays traveling through space

Cosmic rays may soon stymie quantum computing

August 25, 2020
Categories: Research, Faculty/Emeritus, Nuclear Physics Experiment
IAIFI illustration

National Science Foundation announces MIT-led Institute for Artificial Intelligence and Fundamental Interactions

August 25, 2020
Categories: Labs & Centers, Nuclear Physics Experiment, Particle Physics Experiment, Strong Interactions and Nuclear Theory

Are we still listening to space?

August 18, 2020
Categories: Research, Faculty/Emeritus, Astrophysics Observation, Instrumentation, and Experiment
Carolyn Beatrice Parker

J.J Finley Elementary’s new namesake: Carolyn Beatrice Parker SM ’53

August 17, 2020
Categories: Awards/Honors, In The News, Students & Alumni, WiSTEM, URM STEM

Nergis Mavalvala named School of Science dean

August 16, 2020
Categories: Awards/Honors, Faculty/Emeritus, WiSTEM, URM STEM, Astrophysics Observation, Instrumentation, and Experiment
Paul Dirac

The Pleasure and Pain of Scientific Predictions

August 19, 2020
Categories: Faculty/Emeritus

Nuh Gedik and Pablo Jarillo-Herrero are 2020 Moore Experimental Investigators in Quantum Materials

August 9, 2020
Categories: Awards/Honors, Faculty/Emeritus, Condensed Matter Experiment
Molten lava glowing in crucible

Lava oceans may not explain the brightness of some hot super-Earths

August 3, 2020
Categories: Research, Faculty/Emeritus, Astrophysics Observation, Instrumentation, and Experiment
Quantum blackjack

Can a quantum strategy help bring down the house?

August 2, 2020
Categories: Research, Faculty/Emeritus, Quantum Information Science
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