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June 3, 2009

The crystallographic structure of a sheet of graphene is revealed in this Atomic Force Microscope picture.

A material for all seasons

MIT teams finding many uses for graphene, the newest form of carbon

May 4, 2009

Physics tackles a complex problem: how to diversify

April 30, 2009

Eight from MIT elected to AAAS

April 20, 2009

Laszlo Tisza, physics professor emeritus, 101

April 16, 2009

Enge memorial to be held April 14

April 9, 2009

Conrad, Doyle named Guggenheim fellows

April 8, 2009

Mr. Magnet, a.k.a. Paul Thomas (right), oversees a plasma demonstration with Melissa Hornstein and Ken Marr.

Mr. Magnet to end his traveling roadshows

April 7, 2009

Physics postdoctoral fellow Jeff Gore, left, and physics professor Alexander van Oudenaarden are harvesting yeast cells for experiments exploring the evolution of cooperation.

The games microbes play

Game theory study in yeast shows how cooperative behavior meshes with evolutionary theory

April 6, 2009

To find new worlds

March 6, 2009

Physicists discover surprising variation in superconductors

Work may lead to understanding of new class of materials

January 27, 2009

MIT scientists to be key Lunar Institute members

January 12, 2009

A 3-D representation of Cas A. The green region is mostly iron observed in X-rays; the yellow is mostly argon and sillicon; the red is cooler debris and the blue region is the outer blast wave.

MIT provides in-depth look at exploded star

January 8, 2009

Elizabeth Kubicki, an assistant in the Microsystems Technology Laboratories, stands outside the art contest board near Professor Walter Lewin's office.

Good art hunting

MIT physics teacher tests art knowledge in hallway contest

December 17, 2008

Saturation maps from a numerical simulation of the proposed model show that the flow dynamics and the distinctive saturation overshoot at the tip of the fingers agree with experimental observations.

Researchers finger the cause of 'gravity fingers'

December 12, 2008

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