Five MIT students named 2019 Marshall Scholars
Radha Mastandrea, Katie O’Nell, Anna Sappington, Kyle Swanson, and Crystal Winston will begin graduate studies in the UK next fall.
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Physics
Jacqueline Hewitt to step down as director of the MIT Kavli Institute
Physics professor brought leadership, resources, and an intellectual focus to the MIT astrophysics faculty and research staff during 15 years at the helm.
A new way to provide cooling without power
Device developed at MIT could provide refrigeration for off-grid locations.
First two-dimensional material that performs as both topological insulator and superconductor
MIT researchers have demonstrated that a tungsten ditelluride-based transistor combines two different electronic states of matter.
Computational science grad students awarded U.S. Department of Energy fellowships
Kaley Brauer, Sarah Greer, William Moses, and Paul Zhang will receive DoE support to fuel research that tackles problems of national importance.
A passionate advocate for open data
Senior Radha Mastandrea analyzes data from CERN in search of more information about the universe’s fundamental particles.
Four from MIT named American Physical Society Fellows for 2018
Lisa Barsotti, Martin Bazant, Pablo Jarillo-Herrero, and Richard Lanza receive prestigious honor recognizing them for their research and leadership.
Angelika Amon wins 2019 Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences
Four other MIT researchers to receive New Horizons Prizes in math and physics; two alumni win Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics.
Center for Theoretical Physics professors earn DOE Quantum Information Science Awards
Professors Daniel Harlow, Aram Harrow, Hong Liu, and Jesse Thaler among the first recipients of new honor for advances in quantum understanding.
MIT-Germany and the University of Stuttgart extend cooperation
Collaboration extends opportunities for faculty seed funds, internship opportunities, and a Global Teaching Labs program through 2020.
A new path to solving a longstanding fusion challenge
Novel design could help shed excess heat in next-generation fusion power plants.
Student entrepreneurs think inside the box
Living and working in a glass cube, an interdisciplinary team of students reimagined the ambulance of the future as part of a global startup competition.
Three MIT researchers win U.S. Air Force Young Investigator Research Program grants
Riccardo Comin, Phillip “Donnie” Keathley, and Luqiao Lui are among 31 selected nationwide.
How Earth sheds heat into space
New insights into the role of water vapor may help researchers predict how the planet will respond to warming.