Physics

MIT researchers have figured out how the phalarope, a shorebird with a long, narrow beak, transports its food from the tip of its beak to its mouth. Here the bird feeds by pecking at the water surface.

MIT solves gravity-defying bird beak mystery

Shorebirds take advantage of surface tension to capture prey

May 15, 2008

Robert I. Hulsizer Jr., physics professor emeritus, 88

May 8, 2008

Harald A. Enge, retired physics professor, 87

April 30, 2008

Three MIT faculty named Guggenheim fellows

April 11, 2008

Feld wins major spectroscopy award

April 9, 2008

The unusual geometry of this star system made it possible for researchers to discover the first evidence of the middle stages of planet formation. Above, one star rises above the obscuring disk of matter, and its light becomes visible.

Catching planets in the making

Team sees first signs of formation's middle stages

April 2, 2008

Pedro Reis, an instructor in applied mathematics at MIT, and colleagues have reported the formulation and physics behind the pattern created by adhesive tearing. In this image, Reis demonstrates the way that adhesive tape tears in a triangular shape coming a point.

Researchers make a point of explaining 'the wallpaper problem'

March 30, 2008

A cross-section of nano-crystalline bismuth antimony telluride grains, as viewed through transmission electron microscope. Colors highlight the features of each grain of the semiconductor alloy in bulk form. A team of researchers from Boston College and MIT produced a major increase in thermoelectric efficiency after using nanotechnology to structure the material, which is commonly used in industr...

Boston College, MIT researchers achieve dramatic increase in thermoelectric efficiency

Nanotech advance heralds new era in heating, cooling and power generation

March 20, 2008

MIT Professor Peter Fisher celebrates with NBC's Conan O'Brien dur-ing an episode that aired in early February. Fisher, who helped the comedian spin his wedding ring on his desk for 51 seconds, is one of many MIT professors hitting the airwaves recently.

MIT physicists bask in the media limelight

Featured on late-night TV, '60 Minutes'

March 5, 2008

John C. Szczepanski, Lincoln Laboratory senior staff member, 58

March 5, 2008

Graduate students Dan Casey and Mario Manuel, left, and senior research scientist Richard Petrasso of the MIT Plasma Science and Fusion Center with the detector used to study implosions that recreate the high temperatures and densities found inside stars.

New 'snapshots' aid quest for fusion energy

February 28, 2008

Spectroscopy lab celebrates new space with Feb. 27 event

February 20, 2008

MIT physicist to describe strange world of quarks, gluons

February 17, 2008

Turning 'funky' quantum mysteries into computing reality

February 16, 2008

Physics professor Jacqueline Hewitt, director of MIT's Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Science, stands behind a prototype of a radio telescope array. A team she leads has been chosen by NASA to develop plans for such an array on the far side of the moon.

MIT to lead development of new telescopes on moon

February 15, 2008

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