The Laboratory for Nuclear Science (LNS) studies the fundamental nature and seeks to answer basic questions about the origin and structure of our universe through both
experimental and theoretical research.
Professor Jesse Thaler has been named director of MIT’s Laboratory for Nuclear Science (LNS), effective Aug. 1.
His research combines quantum field theory and machine learning to investigate fundamental questions in physics.
After more than 10 years at the helm of the Laboratory for Nuclear Science (LNS), Boleslaw “Bolek” Wyslouch will step down to continue research
in nuclear physics as director of the Bates Research and Engineering Center, a subgroup of LNS.
A quark zooms through quark-gluon plasma, creating a wake in the plasma. “Studying how quark wakes bounce back and forth will give us new
insights on the quark-gluon plasma’s properties,” LNS'Yen-Jie Lee says.
Jessica Fry, an MIT physics Ph.D. candidate in Lindley Winslow’s lab within the Laboratory for Nuclear Science, has been named
to the Forbes 30 Under 30 – Science list for her innovative work
developing experimental devices to search for dark matter.
MIT astronauts aboard the International Space Station — and the MIT researchers who have sent up experiments —
have advanced our understanding of science, space, and the universe.
An alternative to massive particle colliders, the approach could reveal insights into the universe’s starting ingredients.
If a new proposal by MIT physicists bears out, the recent detection of a record-setting neutrino could be the first evidence
of elusive Hawking radiation.
