Physics
7 win presidential early career honors
November 8, 2010
MIT has greatest number of recipients from a single institution.
First heavy ion collisions in the Large Hadron Collider
November 8, 2010
MIT physicists are leading one of the experiments analyzing new data.
Also labeled: CERN, Large Hadron Collider
Four from MIT are Stewardship Science Graduate fellows
November 4, 2010
Graduate students take practicum at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.
A decade of OCW benefits: Drawing talent to MIT
November 3, 2010
OpenCourseWare gives student confidence that he can work at the MIT level.
Physicist Martin Zwierlein wins Packard Fellowship
October 18, 2010
Also labeled: Awards, honors and fellowships, Faculty
MIT undergraduate showcases work at White House science fair
October 18, 2010
Event also features 2 high-school teams that won grants from the Lemelson-MIT Program.
Physics postdoc Lindley Winslow wins L’Oreal USA fellowship
October 12, 2010
Accompanying research grant will allow the particle physicist to design and build a novel particle detector based on quantum dots.
A step closer to Big Bang conditions?
September 29, 2010
More study is needed to confirm the latest findings from the Large Hadron Collider, reported by CERN physicists last week.
Also labeled: CERN, Large Hadron Collider
Nergis Mavalvala wins MacArthur ‘genius’ grant
September 28, 2010
Physics professor and 2 alumni are awarded $500,000 in no-strings-attached funding.
Robert J. Butler, former design research engineer at MIT, dies at 89
September 17, 2010
An MIT engineer for 25 years, he helped design instruments for NASA’s Voyager spacecraft.
Galileo revisited: How ribbons roll
September 8, 2010
In a twist on a classic experiment, MIT researchers discover how flexible cylinders behave when rolling down a slope.
Gates named MLK Visiting Professor in Physics
September 7, 2010
Supersymmetry pioneer will conduct research this year at MIT’s Center for Theoretical Physics.
Jarillo-Herrero wins young scientist prize
August 31, 2010
Honored by international physics society
Also labeled: Awards, honors and fellowships, Faculty
Walter Lewin on 20th century art
August 17, 2010
MIT physicist gives art history lecture
Zwierlein a winner of DARPA’s Young Faculty Award competition
August 16, 2010
Will receive two-year research grant of approximately $300,000
New evidence that matter and antimatter may behave differently
August 12, 2010
Surprising neutrino finding could force physicists to rethink the foundations of particle physics.
Also labeled: Neutrinos, Graduate, postdoctoral
Why saliva forms beads on a string
August 11, 2010
Researchers’ solution to longstanding mystery could enable better inkjet printing and drug-dispensing systems.
15 MIT students awarded DOE-funded Science Graduate Fellowships
August 10, 2010
Among 150 students nationwide awarded fellowships in program's first year
Also labeled: Awards, honors and fellowships, Chemistry and chemical engineering, Civil and environmental engineering, Computer science and technology, Department of Energy (DoE), Earth and atmospheric sciences, Electrical engineering and electronics, Nuclear science and engineering, Students, Graduate, postdoctoral
Shining a light — literally — on diabetes
August 9, 2010
Device from MIT lab could help diabetic patients monitor their blood glucose levels without finger pricks.
Stringing together a picture of superconductors
August 6, 2010
MIT physicists use an offshoot of string theory to describe the strange behavior of superconducting materials.
Explained: the Doppler effect
August 3, 2010
The same phenomenon behind changes in the pitch of a moving ambulance’s siren is helping astronomers locate and study distant planets.
Also labeled: Astronomy, Astrophysics, Exoplanets, Explained, Kavli Institute, Space, astronomy and planetary science, Stars
Silicon can be made to melt in reverse
August 2, 2010
Material that shows melting while cooling might someday lead to applications in solar cells and other devices
Explained: Bandgap
July 23, 2010
Understanding how electrons get excited is crucial to creating solar cells and light-emitting diodes
Explained: Phonons
July 6, 2010
When trying to control the way heat moves through solids, it is often useful to think of it as a flow of particles.
Explained: Quark-gluon plasma
June 9, 2010
By colliding particles, physicists hope to recreate the earliest moments of our universe, on a much smaller scale.
Explained: The Carnot Limit
May 19, 2010
Long before the nature of heat was understood, the fundamental limit of efficiency of heat-based engines was determined
Mysterious quantum forces unraveled
May 11, 2010
MIT researchers find a way to calculate the effects of Casimir forces, offering a way to keep micromachines’ parts from sticking together.
New project aims for fusion ignition
May 10, 2010
MIT-led Ignitor reactor could be the world’s first to reach major milestone, perhaps paving the way for eventual power production.
Also labeled: Energy, Fusion, Nuclear science and engineering, Plasma, Plasma Science and Fusion Center


























