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QS ranks MIT the world’s No. 1 university for 2026-27

Ranking at the top for the 15th year in a row, the Institute also places first in 12 subject areas.

June 17, 2026
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Nuh Gedik and Pablo Jarillo-Herrero are 2020 Moore Experimental Investigators in Quantum Materials

Categories: Awards/Honors, Faculty, Condensed Matter Experiment
Molten lava glowing in crucible

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

Categories: Research, Faculty, Astrophysics Observation, Instrumentation, and Experiment
Quantum blackjack

Can a quantum strategy help bring down the house?

Categories: Research, Faculty, Quantum Information Science

Q&A: Peter Fisher discusses JASON report on reopening university laboratories

Categories: Interview/Q&A, Faculty
Two superconducting qubits acting as giant artificial atoms.

“Giant atoms” enable quantum processing and communication in one

Shining a light on the quantum world

Categories: Research, Students, Condensed Matter Experiment

3 Questions: Ibrahim Cissé on using physics to decipher biology

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

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

Categories: Research, Faculty, Astrophysics Observation, Instrumentation, and Experiment

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

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

The Physics of Keeping Things Cool

Categories: Faculty

Nine MIT School of Science professors receive tenure for 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

Categories: Research, Faculty, Students, Astrophysics Observation, Instrumentation, and Experiment
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