Mikhail Ivanov wins 2024 New Horizons in Physics Breakthrough Prize
MIT assistant professor of physics shares award for understanding the large-scale structure of the universe.
MIT assistant professor of physics shares award for understanding the large-scale structure of the universe.
Faculty members were recently granted tenure in the departments of Biology, Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Chemistry, EAPS, and Physics.
Over more than 50 years at MIT, he made fundamental contributions to quantum field theory and discovered topological and geometric phenomena.
Physicist Daniel Harlow explores an alternate quantum reality in search of fundamental truths to our physical universe.
Undergraduate research helped feed physics and EECS major Thomas Bergamaschi’s post-MIT interest in tackling challenges.
Martin Luther King Jr. Scholar Brian Nord trains machines to explore the cosmos and fights for equity in research.
With supercomputers and machine learning, the physicist aims to illuminate the structure of everyday particles and uncover signs of dark matter.
A new technique helps verify the accuracy of experiments that probe the strange behavior of atomic-scale systems.
Researchers at the Center for Theoretical Physics lead work on testing quantum gravity on a quantum processor.
Professors Arup Chakraborty, Lina Necib, and Ronald Fernando Garcia Ruiz as well as Yuan Cao SM ’16, PhD ’20; Alina Kononov ’14; Elliott H. Lieb ’53; Haocun Yu PhD ’20; and others honored for contributions to physics.
APS honors Anna Frebel, Liang Fu, Nuh Gedik, Or Hen, Nuno Loureiro, Fredrick Seguin, and Jesse Thaler for research, applications, teaching, and leadership.
Tracy Slatyer, Jesse Thaler, and Wei Zhang are honored for their research, leadership, and mentorship.
The MIT physicist and author is recognized for his examination into the fundamental laws of nature.
Early-career researchers honored for creativity, innovation, and research accomplishments.
The findings could redefine the kinds of particles that were abundant in the early universe.