Physics

Assistant professor Nergis Mavalvala, left, and Ph.D. student Thomas Corbitt are part of an international team that has devised a way to cool large objects to near absolute zero.

Laser-cooling brings large object near absolute zero

April 5, 2007

MIT visualization of the chaotic tangle underlying turbulence. Area in black box represents a blown-up portion of the fluid showing the self-similarity of the tangle.

MIT reveals the tangle under turbulence

March 28, 2007

This graphic shows one visualization of the E8 group recently mapped by mathematicians. The graphic was computer-generated by John Sembridge, based on a drawing by Peter McMullen.

Congress commends E8 math team

March 28, 2007

This graphic describes a mathematical structure similar to but much smaller than E8.

Math research team maps E8

Calculation on paper would cover Manhattan

March 18, 2007

Professor Mildred Dresselhaus received a 2007 L'Oreal-UNESCO Award for Women in Science for her research on carbon nanotubes, images of which she points to on a monitor.

Dresselhaus wins L'Oreal-UNESCO Award

February 22, 2007

Physicist Francis E. Low, former MIT provost, dies at 85

February 20, 2007

Kastner of physics is new dean of science

February 14, 2007

MIT engineers are working on upgrades to the Alcator C-Mod reactor, where scientists study fusion reactions. The upgrades will help researchers towards their goal of making fusion a viable energy source. <a onclick="MM_openBrWindow('alcator-3-enlarged.html','','width=509, height=583')">
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Reactor upgrades help researchers study nuclear fusion as energy source

February 8, 2007

Postdoc Peter Rakich worked with MIT colleagues to develp a novel way to add the power and speed of light waves to traditional electronics.

MIT 'optics on a chip' may revolutionize telecom, computing

Research integrates photonic circuitry on a silicon chip

February 6, 2007

Team develops nanoparticles to battle cancer

New particles mimic platelets

February 1, 2007

Image at left shows process of detecting and destroying an enemy missile using MIT targeted radar. Microwave energy is fixed on a missile while simultaneously nullifying enemy jammers. On right, microwave energy is aimed at a cancerous tumor with a deep focused beam while simultaneously nullifying any energy that would overheat surrounding healthy tissue.

New book documents MIT breast cancer therapy

January 26, 2007

MIT Professor Jefferson Tester points to a geothermal map of the U.S. Tester lead a panel that has concluded that a substantial portion of the country's energy needs could be met by mining geothermal resources.

MIT-led panel backs 'heat mining' as key U.S. energy source

January 22, 2007

Science writer awarded physics prize

January 16, 2007

A supernova remnant acts like a relativistic pinball machine by accelerating electrons to enormous energies. The blue, wispy arcs in this image of Cassiopeia A, the youngest supernova remnant in the Milky Way, show where the acceleration is taking place in an expanding shock wave generated by the explosion. The red and green regions show material from the destroyed star that has been heated to mil...

Cosmic rays discerned in supernova remnants

New images from NASA show how electrons accelerate from exploded stars

November 20, 2006

MIT chemist studies how electrons behave

New spin on electrons could improve lights, other devices

November 17, 2006

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