http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/topic/physics.html Physics headlines from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology News Office. en-us http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/www/mitlogo-rss.jpg http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/topic/physics.html 88 31 Tue, 22 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EST http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/super-conduct-0718.html MIT physicists believe they have identified a mysterious state of matter that has been linked to the phenomenon of high-temperature superconductivity. This state may not be a precursor to superconductivity, as has been theorized, but a competing state. Fri, 18 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EST http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/super-conduct-0718.html http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/nanochips-0708.html MIT researchers have achieved a significant advance in nanoscale lithographic technology, used in the manufacture of computer chips and electronic devices, to make finer patterns of lines over larger areas than have been possible with other methods. Tue, 8 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EST http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/nanochips-0708.html http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/voyager-0707.html The Voyager 1 and 2 spacecraft have now traveled beyond the edge of the sun's outflow of particles and radiation. Some of the data that reveals this boundary region comes from a set of magnetic field sensors developed and built at MIT back in the 1970s. Mon, 7 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EST http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/voyager-0707.html http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/lhc-0701.html Nearly 20 years in the making, the largest particle accelerator in the world will start running in Switzerland this summer, offering scientists a glimpse of particles that have never been seen before. Tue, 1 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EST http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/lhc-0701.html http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/awards-physics-tt0604.html Awards given in MIT Physics for the academic year 2007-2008. Wed, 4 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EST http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/awards-physics-tt0604.html http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/tess-0603.html A planet-searching satellite planned by scientists from MIT, the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics and NASA-Ames is one of six proposed spacecraft concepts that NASA has picked for further study as part of its Small Explorer satellite program. Tue, 3 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EST http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/tess-0603.html http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/ligo-crab-0603.html The team operating the Laser Interferometer Gravity-wave Observatory, including a group from MIT, is reporting this week that the pulsar at the center of the Crab Nebula must have an extremely smooth surface. Tue, 3 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EST http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/ligo-crab-0603.html http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/physics-energy-0529.html This fall, MIT's physics department will offer a new course designed to help students understand the physical processes that govern all aspects of energy production, transmission, conversion, storage, and consumption. Thu, 29 May 2008 00:00:00 EST http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/physics-energy-0529.html