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Physicists observe a new form of magnetism for the first time

The magnetic state offers a new route to “spintronic” memory devices that would be faster and more efficient than their electronic counterparts.

June 6, 2025
Categories: Research, Faculty/Emeritus, Condensed Matter Experiment

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Physics graduate student Andrew Denniston, advisor Prof. Or Hen, and colleagues honored in Physics World’s Top 10 Breakthroughs of the Year for 2024

December 12, 2024
Categories: Awards/Honors, Graduate Students, Nuclear Physics Experiment
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Sylvia Biscoveanu PhD ’23 named to 2024 Forbes 30 Under 30

December 12, 2024
Categories: Awards/Honors, Alumni, WiSTEM
Professor Long Ju wears eye protection while working on experiment with lasers

Exotic New Superconductors Delight and Confound

December 6, 2024
Categories: Research, Faculty/Emeritus, Condensed Matter Experiment, Condensed Matter Theory
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Neutron Stars Illuminate the Hidden Physics of Quark Superconductivity

December 5, 2024
Categories: Research, Faculty/Emeritus, Strong Interactions and Nuclear Theory
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Hale Van Dorn Bradt PhD ’61, professor emeritus and X-ray astronomy pioneer, dies at 93

December 3, 2024
Categories: In Remembrance, Faculty/Emeritus, Astrophysics Observation, Instrumentation, and Experiment
A computer chip with an engraved cityscape has white and green energy above it.

Photonic processor could enable ultrafast AI computations with extreme energy efficiency

December 2, 2024
Categories: Research, Faculty/Emeritus, Alumni, Condensed Matter Experiment, Condensed Matter Theory
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Physicists close in on fractionally-charged electron mystery in graphene

December 2, 2024
Categories: Research, Faculty/Emeritus, Graduate Students, Condensed Matter Experiment, Condensed Matter Theory
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Meet Nergis Mavalvala PhD ’97, Dean of the School of Science

November 21, 2024
Categories: Q&A, Faculty/Emeritus, WiSTEM, Astrophysics Observation, Instrumentation, and Experiment
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A model of virtuosity

November 19, 2024
Categories: In The News, Alumni
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Making a mark in the nation’s capital

November 19, 2024
Categories: In The News, Alumni
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MIT physicists predict exotic form of matter with potential for quantum computing

November 18, 2024
Categories: Research, Faculty/Emeritus, Graduate Students, Postdocs, Condensed Matter Theory
Multiple layers of graphene

How can electrons can split into fractions of themselves?

November 18, 2024
Categories: Research, Faculty/Emeritus, Alumni, Condensed Matter Theory
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