Are we still listening to space?
When LIGO, the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory, and its European counterpart, Virgo, detect a gravitational ripple from space, a public alert is sent out. That alert lets...
View ArticleNergis Mavalvala named School of Science dean
Astrophysicist Nergis Mavalvala has been named the new dean of MIT’s School of Science, effective Sept. 1. She will succeed Michael Sipser, who will return to the faculty as the Donner Professor of...
View ArticleMIT researchers lead high school educational initiative on quantum computing
Quantum computing has the potential to change the world as we know it, yet limited K-12 educational resources on quantum computing exist. MIT researchers have partnered with The Coding School (TCS), a...
View ArticleNuh Gedik and Pablo Jarillo-Herrero are 2020 Moore Experimental Investigators...
Physics professors Nuh Gedik and Pablo Jarillo-Herrero have been named Experimental Investigators in Quantum Materials by the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation.The two are among 20 winners nationwide...
View ArticleLava oceans may not explain the brightness of some hot super-Earths
Arguably some of the weirdest, most extreme planets among the more than 4,000 exoplanets discovered to date are the hot super-Earths — rocky, flaming-hot worlds that zing so precariously close to their...
View ArticleCan a quantum strategy help bring down the house?
In some versions of the game blackjack, one way to win against the house is for players at the table to work as a team to keep track of and covertly communicate amongst each other the cards they have...
View ArticleQ&A: Peter Fisher discusses JASON report on reopening university...
What will it take for research universities across the U.S. to safely open their labs? That’s the subject of a recently released report by JASON, an independent group of scientists who advise the U.S....
View Article“Giant atoms” enable quantum processing and communication in one
MIT researchers have introduced a quantum computing architecture thatcan perform low-error quantum computations while also rapidly sharing quantum information between processors. The work represents a...
View ArticleShining a light on the quantum world
In the universe, there is the world we can see with the naked eye: trees, planes in the sky, dishes in the sink. But there are other worlds that reveal themselves with the help of a magnifying glass,...
View Article3 Questions: Ibrahim Cissé on using physics to decipher biology
How do cells use physics to carry out biological processes? Biophysicist Ibrahim Cissé explores this fundamental question in his interdisciplinary laboratory, leveraging super-resolution microscopy to...
View ArticleIn a first, astronomers watch a black hole’s corona disappear, then reappear
It seems the universe has an odd sense of humor. While a crown-encrusted virus has run roughshod over the world, another entirely different corona about 100 million light years from Earth has...
View ArticleFour MIT faculty members receive U.S. Department of Energy early career awards
The U.S. Department of Energy (DoE) recently announced the names of 76 scientists who have been selected for their 2020 Early Career Research Program. The list includes four faculty members from MIT:...
View ArticleStephen Morris named inaugural Peter A. Diamond Professor of Economics
The Department of Economics has announced that Stephen Morris is the inaugural Peter A. Diamond Professor in Economics. This professorship was created by a generous gift from economics PhD alumnus C.C....
View ArticleNine MIT School of Science professors receive tenure for 2020
Beginning July 1, nine faculty members in the MIT School of Science have been granted tenure by MIT. They are appointed in the departments of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Chemistry, Mathematics, and...
View ArticlePortable system boosts laser precision, at room temperature
Physicists at MIT have designed a quantum “light squeezer” that reduces quantum noise in an incoming laser beam by 15 percent. It is the first system of its kind to work at room temperature, making it...
View ArticleQuantum fluctuations can jiggle objects on the human scale
The universe, as seen through the lens of quantum mechanics, is a noisy, crackling space where particles blink constantly in and out of existence, creating a background of quantum noise whose effects...
View ArticleLearning during lockdown
Despite the extraordinary pressures of adapting to the realities of the Covid-19 pandemic, learners have increasingly sought out MITx courses as a way to stay intellectually active, work toward...
View ArticleAstronomers detect regular rhythm of radio waves, with origins unknown
A team of astronomers, including researchers at MIT, has picked up on a curious, repeating rhythm of fast radio bursts emanating from an unknown source outside our galaxy, 500 million light years...
View ArticleCapturing stardust
Danielle Frostig spent the last Friday in February with the rest of the Astronomical Instrumentation Team at MIT, carefully packing an astronomical instrument bound for Chile. This instrument, a...
View ArticleNewly observed phenomenon could lead to new quantum devices
An exotic physical phenomenon known as a Kohn anomaly has been found for the first time in an unexpected type of material by researchers at MIT and elsewhere. They say the finding could provide new...
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