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A dive into the “almost magical” potential of photonic crystals

In MIT’s 2025 Killian Lecture, physicist John Joannopoulos recounts highlights from a career at the vanguard of photonics research and innovation.

March 20, 2025
Categories: Profile, Faculty/Emeritus, Condensed Matter Theory

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Illustration depicting light traveling within fish-eye lens.

Fish-eye lens may entangle pairs of atoms

September 5, 2018
Categories: Research, Students & Alumni, Quantum Gravity and Field Theory
Graphic depicting decay of Higgs boson.

3 Questions: Philip Harris on first observation of long-predicted Higgs boson decay

August 28, 2018
Categories: Q&A, Faculty/Emeritus, Particle Physics Experiment

Kerstin Perez honored with 2018 School of Science teaching prize

August 20, 2018
Categories: Awards/Honors, Faculty/Emeritus, WiSTEM, Astrophysics Observation, Instrumentation, and Experiment, Particle Physics Experiment
Quasar

Light from ancient quasars helps confirm quantum entanglement

August 19, 2018
Categories: Research, Faculty/Emeritus, Astrophysics Theory
Image of new galaxy cluster harboring black hole.

Sprawling galaxy cluster found hiding in plain sight

August 16, 2018
Categories: Research, Faculty/Emeritus, Students & Alumni, Astrophysics Observation, Instrumentation, and Experiment
Members of the ASTERIA team prepare the petite satellite for its journey to space.

Tiny ASTERIA satellite achieves a first for CubeSats

August 15, 2018
Categories: Research, Faculty/Emeritus, WiSTEM, Astrophysics Observation, Instrumentation, and Experiment
Illustration of NASA's Parker Solar Probe in front of the Sun.

3Q: A bold mission to touch the sun

August 13, 2018
Categories: Q&A, Faculty/Emeritus, Astrophysics Observation, Instrumentation, and Experiment
CLAS detector

In neutron stars, protons may do the heavy lifting

August 13, 2018
Categories: Research, Faculty/Emeritus, Particle Physics Experiment
Photo of Heising-Simons Foundation grant recipients: (l-r) Radha Mastandrea, Carina Belvin, and Shuo Zhang, and Professor Lindley Winslow

Paying it forward: Fellowship boosts women in physics

August 2, 2018
Categories: Awards/Honors, Faculty/Emeritus, Students & Alumni, WiSTEM
Illustration of optical signals.

On-chip optical filter processes wide range of light wavelengths

August 1, 2018
Categories: Research, Faculty/Emeritus, Condensed Matter Experiment
Illustration depicting a beam of electrons scattering off a beam of protons or atomic nuclei, generating virtual photons.

3Q: Richard Milner on a new U.S. particle accelerator

July 24, 2018
Categories: Q&A, Faculty/Emeritus, Nuclear Physics Experiment

School of Science appoints eight faculty members to named professorships

July 23, 2018
Categories: Awards/Honors, Faculty/Emeritus
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