3Q: A bold mission to touch the sun
MIT’s John Belcher discusses the launch of the Parker Solar Probe, which will fly directly into the sun’s atmosphere.
MIT’s John Belcher discusses the launch of the Parker Solar Probe, which will fly directly into the sun’s atmosphere.
Four students are first beneficiaries of grant program established by Assistant Professor Lindley Winslow with support from the Heising-Simons Foundation.
Silicon-based system offers smaller, cheaper alternative to other “broadband” filters; could improve a variety of photonic devices.
Proposal for powerful particle collider gets National Academies’ go-ahead.
Most thorough test to date finds no Lorentz violation in high-energy neutrinos.
The “ghostly particle” is confirmed to have originated from a blazar, nearly 4 billion light years from Earth.
Signals from rare black hole-neutron star pairs could pinpoint rate at which universe is growing, researchers say.
Laboratory for Nuclear Science project selected to explore machine learning for lattice quantum chromodynamics.
Initiative is building collections highlighting the contributions of female faculty.
Physics alumnus who saw the Hindenburg fly over campus now collaborates with researchers to explore the impacts of longevity.
Search considered successful “dress rehearsal” for exoplanet hunter TESS.
New bolometer is faster, simpler, and covers more wavelengths.
Using diamond dust and laser light to control atomic spin, Ashok Ajoy PhD ’16 pursues alternatives to costly conventional imaging technologies.