Teaching light new tricks
Graduate student Wade Hsu and colleagues confine light to a crystal surface and design a transparent display using nanoparticles.
Department
Physics
Finding a piece of the proton-spin puzzle
Particle physicists measure the spin contribution of the proton’s antiquark.
A mirror with a peephole
MIT graduate student Yichen Shen designs a photonic crystal system that lets light pass through at a specific angle.
Light pulses control graphene’s electrical behavior
Finding could allow ultrafast switching of conduction, and possibly lead to new broadband light sensors.
Faculty highlight: Marin Soljacic
Physicist reveals new techniques for controlling light by angle, creating transparent displays and photonic crystal bandgaps.
Making a wire-free future
WiTricity’s wireless charging technology is coming soon to mobile devices, electric cars, and more.
Era of astronomical discovery
MIT professor Nergis Mavalvala helps build tools to detect gravitational waves.
John King, professor emeritus of physics, dies at 88
Innovative researcher and educator was a champion of attacking science problems with “ferocious vigor.”
Fresh evidence suggests particle discovered in 2012 is the Higgs boson
Findings confirm that a particle decays to fermions, as predicted by the Standard Model.
Faculty highlight: Jeff Gore
Championing biophysics research: MIT professor Jeff Gore brings together interdisciplinary team, explores population dynamics in yeast and honeybees.
Alan Guth shares $1 million Kavli Prize in Astrophysics
MIT physicist lauded for his groundbreaking theory of cosmic inflation.
Improving a new breed of solar cells
Quantum-dot photovoltaics set new record for efficiency in such devices, could unlock new uses.
Team visualizes complex electronic state
Multidisciplinary group solves mystery of how a potential battery electrode material behaves.