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Arup K. Chakraborty Honored with 2026 International Prize in Biophysics

Honored for his seminal contributions to applying statistical physics to immunology

May 12, 2026
Categories: Biophysics

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Nine MIT School of Science professors receive tenure for 2020

July 6, 2020
Categories: Awards/Honors, Faculty, URM STEM, WiSTEM
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, Students, 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, Astrophysics Observation, Instrumentation, and Experiment

Learning during lockdown

June 29, 2020
Categories: Education, Students
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, 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, WiSTEM, Astrophysics Observation, Instrumentation, and Experiment

Seven from MIT win 2020 Hertz Fellowships

June 10, 2020
Categories: Awards/Honors, Students

QS ranks MIT the world’s No. 1 university for 2020-21

June 8, 2020
Categories: Awards/Honors

Citizen scientists spot closest young brown dwarf disk yet

June 1, 2020
Illustration of sound wave

The Hidden Meanings of Noise

May 27, 2020
Categories: Faculty
Illustration of short-lived radioactive molecule, radium monofluoride.

Physicists measure a short-lived radioactive molecule for first time

May 26, 2020
Categories: Research, Faculty, Atomic Physics, Nuclear Physics Experiment
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