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Rainer Weiss at home early this morning, after learning that he has won the 2017 Nobel Prize in physics.

MIT physicist Rainer Weiss shares Nobel Prize in physics

LIGO inventor and professor emeritus of physics recognized “for decisive contributions to the LIGO detector and the observation of gravitational waves.”

October 3, 2017

Fast-moving magnetic particles could enable new form of data storage

Recently discovered phenomenon could provide a way to bypass the limits to Moore’s Law.

October 2, 2017

MIT-France student intern Annie Dai (seated) spent a summer at Plume Labs.

Clearing the air

At Plume Labs in Paris, MIT-France interns take on an invisible threat by helping to develop a wearable device that tracks indoor and outdoor air quality.

September 29, 2017

Alex Creely: Bridging the simulation vs. reality gap

Nuclear science and engineering graduate student receives Department of Energy Innovation Award for his work on plasma turbulence.

September 29, 2017

Computer models of chromosomes and the experimental Hi-C maps shown below them reveal the central role of cohesin in folding the genome into distinct domains (highlighted in blue, green, and pink). When cohesin is depleted experimentally and in simulations, domains unfold and intermix (right).

Researchers identify molecular motor that transforms chromosomes

Experiments confirm hypothesis about how the genome becomes organized into “neighborhoods.”

September 28, 2017

An aerial view of the Virgo site shows the Mode-Cleaner building, the Central building, the 3km-long west arm and the beginning of the north arm. The other buildings include offices, workshops, computer rooms and the control room of the interferometer.

Gravitational waves from a binary black hole merger observed by LIGO and Virgo

Finding represents first joint detection of gravitational waves with both detectors.

September 27, 2017

On Sept. 28 at the Boch Center Wang Theatre in downtown Boston, more than a thousand New England alumni will join President L. Rafael Reif in celebrating the countless ways that the MIT community has contributed to the region’s vitality and unmistakable character — and to envision, together, the positive change this community can have on the entire world.

A better world, starting close to home

MIT faculty and alumni have helped to shape Cambridge, Boston, and the surrounding region.

September 27, 2017

New SHASS faculty members include: (top row, l-r) Martin Beraja, Dave Donaldson, and Amah Edoh; (middle row, l-r) E. J. Green, Simon Jäger, and Eric Klopfer; (bottom row, l-r) Justin Reich, Miriam Schoenfield, and Lisa Parks.

Nine new faculty join the School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences

The school welcomes a superb group of scholars.

September 25, 2017

MIT Hong Kong Innovation Node finds permanent home

The 5,000-square-foot facility includes prototyping equipment, a makerspace, and multipurpose areas.

September 25, 2017

NASA astronaut and former Whitehead Fellow Kathleen "Kate" Rubins returned to MIT for a public talk and engagement with local students.

Astronaut Kate Rubins returns to the Whitehead Institute to describe her experiences in low-Earth orbit

Former Whitehead Fellow and recent International Space Station resident gives public talk and engages with the next generation of scientists and engineers.

September 20, 2017