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From quarks to twistronics to dark matter, MIT is on the cutting edge of physics research.
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Physics lecturer Mohamed Abdelhafez to leave MIT at end of the 2024-2025 school year

“I am often shocked by the impact. I don’t think I have really internalized what I’ve done here”
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