Topic
Physics
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Can science writing be automated?
A neural network can read scientific papers and render a plain-English summary.
April 17, 2019 -
Five from MIT win 2019 Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans
Award funds graduate studies for talented immigrants and children of immigrants.
April 11, 2019 -
3 Questions: Lisa Barsotti on the new and improved LIGO
“If we are very lucky, we might observe something new … or maybe even something totally unexpected.”
April 1, 2019 -
Dark matter experiment finds no evidence of axions
In its first run, ABRACADABRA detects no signal of the hypothetical dark matter particle within a specific mass range.
March 29, 2019 -
Ethics, computing, and AI: Perspectives from MIT
Faculty representing all five MIT schools offer views on the ethical and societal implications of new technologies.
March 18, 2019 -
Quantum sensing method measures minuscule magnetic fields
MIT researchers find a new way to make nanoscale measurements of fields in more than one dimension.
March 15, 2019 -
Taking the world by storm
Jordan Benjamin, a double major in physics and atmospheric science, studies the weather inside and out of the classroom.
March 9, 2019 -
Spenser’s "Faerie Queene" as a modern visual comic
Junior Ivy Li, a literature and physics major, adapts a legendary work and innovates in an enduring literary tradition.
March 7, 2019 -
Engineers make clear droplets produce iridescent colors
Optical effect could be harnessed for light displays, litmus tests, and makeup products.
February 27, 2019 -
QS World University Rankings rates MIT No. 1 in 11 subjects for 2019
Institute ranks within the top 2 in 17 of 48 subject areas.
February 26, 2019 -
Plasma Science and Fusion Center leads new Center of Excellence
Award will support educational and research efforts in high-energy-density physics at MIT and four academic research partners.
February 25, 2019 -
Physicists calculate proton’s pressure distribution for first time
The particle’s core withstands pressures higher than those inside a neutron star, according to a new study.
February 22, 2019 -
Four from MIT named 2019 Sloan Research Fellows
Nikhil Agarwal, Daniel Harlow, Andrew Lawrie, and Yufei Zhao receive early-career fellowships.
February 21, 2019 -
Study of quark speeds finds a solution for a 35-year physics mystery
Number of proton-neutron pairs determine how fast the particles move, results suggest.
February 20, 2019 -
From summer research program to PhD dissertation
Graduate student Raspberry Simpson’s scientific journey approaches fruition.
February 15, 2019 -
Bose grants for 2018 fund research at the frontier of discovery
The prestigious awards are supporting five innovative projects that challenge established norms and have the potential to be world-changing.
February 11, 2019 -
Surprising electronic disorder in a copper oxide-based ceramic
MIT researchers use resonant X-ray scattering measurements to reveal unexpected “Wigner glass” in desirable superconducting material.
January 28, 2019 -
Richard "Dick" Lyon, acoustics expert and professor emeritus of mechanical engineering, dies at 89
Leading expert in acoustics, vibration, and machine dynamics served on the Department of Mechanical Engineering faculty for 32 years.
January 24, 2019 -
MIT continues progress toward practical fusion energy
In series of talks, researchers describe major effort to address climate change through carbon-free power.
January 24, 2019 -
Q&A: The talent shortage in quantum computing
William Oliver says a lack of available quantum scientists and engineers may be an inhibitor of the technology’s growth.
January 23, 2019