Researchers identify one of the earliest stars in the universe
The discovery suggests that the very first generation of stars may not have been as powerful as previously thought.
Theorists predict new forms of exotic insulating materials
Topological insulators could exist in six new types not seen before.
School of Science welcomes new faculty
Professors' research areas include molecular mechanisms in cells, quantum condensed matter, and dark matter.
MIT Society of Physics Students receives honorable mention, named 'distinguished chapter'
This dual honor puts the MIT chapter in the top 20 percent of nearly 800 chapters nationwide.
A new wrinkle in the control of waves
Flexible materials could provide ways to manipulate sound and light.
Seeing things: A new transparent display system could provide heads-up data
New kind of see-through screen could be applied as a thin plastic coating on ordinary glass.
The ocean’s hidden waves show their power
Large-scale tests in the lab and the South China Sea reveal the origins of underwater waves that can tower hundreds of feet.
Graphene can host exotic new quantum electronic states at its edges
New approach to use of 2-D carbon material opens up unexpected properties, could unleash new uses.
You can’t get entangled without a wormhole
MIT physicist finds the creation of entanglement simultaneously gives rise to a wormhole.
A physicist, an athlete, and an engineer
MIT senior Margo Batie plays hard on the rugby field and works hard in the physics lab.
MIT’s Marc Kastner nominated to head DOE Office of Science
President Obama taps MIT physicist and dean of science to oversee basic energy research.
Self-steering particles go with the flow
Asymmetrical particles could make lab-on-a-chip diagnostic devices more efficient and portable.
Solving chromosomes’ structure
Scientists find that loops of DNA are key to tightly packing genetic material for cell division.
Daniel Kleppner named a 2014 Franklin Institute Award laureate
Emeritus professor honored for contributions in quantum phenomena.
Researchers discover that an exoplanet is Earth-like in mass and size
While too hot to support life, Kepler 78b is roughly the size of the Earth.