Physics
Peering inside an artificial sun
January 29, 2010
Techniques developed by MIT center provide detailed images from the inside of hellishly hot core of advanced fusion experiments
Levitating magnet brings space physics to fusion
January 25, 2010
Tests on a machine that mimics a planet’s magnetic field show that it may offer an ‘alternative path’ to taming nuclear fusion for power generation.
Jacqueline Hewitt reappointed Kavli Institute director
January 22, 2010
Senior wins Churchill scholarship
January 15, 2010
Maria Monks will pursue graduate studies in mathematics in Britain
Team predicts satellite could locate hundreds of Earth-sized planets
January 12, 2010
Researchers say proposed satellite could represent astronomy’s ‘next big leap’ — one that may help find signs of life elsewhere in the universe.
Awards & Honors: Dec. 18, 2009
December 18, 2009
Closing in on dark matter?
December 18, 2009
Physicists detect two candidate dark matter interactions, but say the data are not conclusive.
Also labeled: Dark matter
‘Micro-ants’: Tiny conveyor belts for the 21st century
December 15, 2009
A new method of moving tiny particles using magnetic polymer beads and magnetic fields could find uses in microchips and in medicine
The Art of Science Television
November 4, 2009
Cancer research gets physical
October 27, 2009
5-year grant from the National Cancer Institute will fund projects by physicists that give a new view of cancer cells.
Porkolab to receive Maxwell Prize
October 23, 2009
Prof. Miklos Porkolab will receive the Maxwell Prize for Plasma Physics on November 4, during a meeting of the American Physical Society - Division of Plasma Physics.
3 Questions: Steven Nahn on the elusive Higgs boson
October 19, 2009
Troubles at the Large Hadron Collider have led some physicists to suggest the Higgs boson is sabotaging its own discovery. Nahn explains why he disagrees.
Also labeled: 3 Questions
Richard Yamamoto, physics professor, dies at 74
October 16, 2009
The particle physicist came to MIT in 1953 and spent his entire career at the Institute. A memorial service will be held on campus on Thursday, Oct. 29.
Also labeled: Obituaries, Faculty
Physicist wins Packard Fellowship
October 16, 2009
Pablo Jarillo-Herrero will use the unrestricted funding to study materials that follow unusual rules of physics.
Fuel cells get a boost
October 15, 2009
Creating tiny steps to electrode surfaces can double the efficiency of the emissions-free electricity sources, MIT researchers find.
Quantum computing may actually be useful
October 9, 2009
A quantum algorithm that solves systems of linear equations could point in a promising new direction.
To peer inside a living cell
October 6, 2009
Quantum mechanics could help build ultra-high-resolution electron microscopes that won't destroy living cells, according to MIT electrical engineers.
Magnetism observed in a gas for the first time
September 18, 2009
Led by Wolfgang Ketterle and David E. Pritchard, MIT physicists shed new light on magnetism in experiment with ultracold atoms
The hunt for dark matter
September 17, 2009
MIT physicists are working on new detectors that may, at last, help them find the elusive particles thought to constitute up to a quarter of the universe.
Echoes of the birth of the universe
August 20, 2009
Results of cosmic analysis set new limits on gravitational waves that could have come from the Big Bang, and begin to constrain current theories about universe formation
Breaking the law, at the nanoscale
July 29, 2009
Bringing objects close together can boost radiation heat transfer, according to new study that shows breakdown in Planck's law
Also labeled: Energy, Mechanical engineering, Nanoscience and nanotechnology, Technology and society
Planet found in tilted orbit around distant star
June 17, 2009
Odd discovery may help refine theories about how planets, solar systems form
A material for all seasons
May 4, 2009
MIT teams finding many uses for graphene, the newest form of carbon
Eight from MIT elected to AAAS
April 20, 2009
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