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Center for Theoretical Physics celebrates 50 years

Symposium explores how novel ideas and experiments are advancing many areas of theoretical physics in newly interconnected ways.

MIT physicists observe electroweak production of same-sign W boson pairs

With the aid of the Compact Muon Solenid detector at the Large Hadron Collider, a Laboratory for Nuclear Science-led group seeks to further understand the building blocks of matter.

Bose Grants for 2017 reward bold and unconventional research visions 

Six potentially paradigm-shifting research projects will make strides with funding from Professor Amar G. Bose Research Grants.

Twelve from MIT honored by the American Physical Society

Prize winners span six departments in the schools of Science and Engineering.

First open-access data from large collider confirm subatomic particle patterns

CERN Open Data Portal results reveal predictable patterns from colliding high-energy protons.

School of Science professors granted tenure

Seven award-winning faculty members represent the departments of Physics, Chemistry, and Biology.

Tracy Slatyer wins Future of Science Award

OLYMPUS experiment sheds light on structure of protons

Seven-year study indicates two photons, not one, are exchanged in electron-proton interactions.

Stars align in test supporting “spooky action at a distance”

Physicists address loophole in tests of Bell’s inequality, using 600-year-old starlight.