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Physics
Institute Professor Emerita Mildred Dresselhaus, a pioneer in the electronic properties of materials, dies at 86
“Queen of carbon science” and recipient of Presidential Medal of Freedom and National Medal of Science led US scientific community, promoted women in STEM.
Motivated by the thrill of discovery
Itamar Kimchi studies the physics underlying unusual behavior of electrons in compounds such as transition metal oxides.
Self-made stars
Astronomers observe black hole producing cold, star-making fuel from hot plasma jets and bubbles.
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Featured video: Tackling science and technology together
MIT faculty reflect on why international collaboration benefits science, engineering, and technology for all.
Stars align in test supporting “spooky action at a distance”
Physicists address loophole in tests of Bell’s inequality, using 600-year-old starlight.
Faculty highlight: Senthil Todadri
A quest to understand superconductivity leads MIT theoretical physicist Senthil Todadri to discoveries about new magnetic materials called quantum spin liquids.
Celebrating Pauline Morrow Austin, a founder of radar meteorology
MIT faculty, friends, and family gathered to remember Austin's life and commemorate her contributions to science with the unveiling of an exhibit in EAPS.
Adding hands-on practice to science and engineering classes
A new advising seminar incorporates making and other types of hands-on learning to enhance first-year required courses.
Jason Dittmann named an inaugural Heising-Simons Foundation 51 Pegasi b Postdoctoral Fellow
Fellowship to provide scientists the opportunity to conduct theoretical, observational, and experimental research in planetary astronomy.
Study of MOOCs offers insights into online learner engagement and behavior
New report, based on four years of data from edX, represents one of the largest surveys of massive open online courses to date.
Using evolutionary dynamics and game theory to understand personal relations
MIT biophysicists apply mathematics from evolutionary biology to describe a surprising aspect of human behavior.
At least 30 from MIT named to 2017 Forbes 30 Under 30 lists
Students, faculty, staff, and alumni honored in "the most definitive gathering of today’s leading young change-makers and innovators."
Hyperprecise measurement with Bose-Einstein condensates
New atom interferometer could measure inertial forces with record-setting accuracy.
Majorana fermions predicted in a superconducting material
MIT researchers propose a new method for verifying the existence of a theoretical quasiparticle.