David Shoemaker named spokesperson for LIGO Scientific Collaboration
Senior MIT research scientist to speak for international collaboration for gravitational wave detection research.
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Ernest Moniz named co-chair and CEO of Nuclear Threat Initiative
Physics professor and former U.S. Energy Secretary will lead nuclear security nonprofit while continuing his work at MIT.
At Hollywood studios in Los Angeles, a celebration of MIT’s ingenuity and drive
Mexico City and Washington are upcoming host cities for the Better World tour.
Mapping the effects of crystal defects
Study sheds light on interactions that change the way heat and electricity move through microchips.
Three professors named 2017 MacVicar Fellows
Hare, Hughes, and Yang receive the Institute’s highest undergraduate teaching award.
Toward “valleytronic” devices for data storage or computer logic systems
Researchers have discovered a new way to tune electronic energy levels in some 2-D materials.
MIT rates No. 1 in 12 subjects in 2017 QS World University Rankings
MIT ranked within the top 5 for 19 of 46 subject areas.
Electrons go superballistic
Newly discovered phenomenon accelerates electrons as they enter a viscous state.
Microbiome diversity is influenced by chance encounters
Study finds a role for randomness in the composition of the gut’s microbe populations.
OLYMPUS experiment sheds light on structure of protons
Seven-year study indicates two photons, not one, are exchanged in electron-proton interactions.
MIT's Jacqueline Hewitt and HERA team given $5.8M boost to detect cosmic dawn
Funding will complete array and measure signals from universe’s first stars.
MIT researchers create new form of matter
Supersolid is crystalline and superfluid at the same time.
Hong Sio: On the road for fusion
Ph.D candidate enjoys a range of fusion research from coast to coast.