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MIT faculty, alumni receive 2025-26 American Physical Society honors

Two faculty and six additional alumni win top APS awards and prizes; four faculty and 12 additional alumni named APS Fellows.

April 17, 2026
Categories: Awards/Honors, Faculty, Alumni, Biophysics, Condensed Matter Theory, Nuclear Physics Experiment, Particle Physics Experiment

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MIT Estimates 3 Parameters With Quantum Sensor

April 14, 2026
Categories: Research, Awards/Honors, Faculty, Graduate Students, Atomic Physics, Quantum Information Science

MIT faculty, alumni receive 2025-26 American Physical Society honors

April 14, 2026
Categories: Awards/Honors, Faculty, Alumni, Biophysics, Condensed Matter Theory, Nuclear Physics Experiment, Particle Physics Experiment

Multitasking quantum sensors can measure several properties at once

April 14, 2026
Categories: In The News, Faculty, Quantum Information Science, Atomic Physics
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Physicists zero in on the mass of the fundamental W boson particle

April 7, 2026
Categories: Research, Faculty, Particle Physics Experiment
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Experiments dim hopes for sterile neutrinos

April 7, 2026
Categories: In The News, Faculty, Nuclear Physics Experiment, Particle Physics Experiment
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Keeping Perfect Time

April 6, 2026
Categories: Research, Faculty, Atomic Physics
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Electrons in moiré crystals explore higher-dimensional quantum worlds

April 2, 2026
Categories: Research, Faculty, Graduate Students, Pappalardo Fellows, Alumni, Condensed Matter Experiment, Condensed Matter Theory
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Kiyoshi Masui Helps Transform Deep-Space Signals into Cathedral Sound

April 2, 2026
Categories: In The News, Faculty, Astrophysics Observation, Instrumentation, and Experiment

Two physicists and a curious host walk into a studio…

March 30, 2026
Categories: Interview/Q&A, Faculty, Astrophysics Observation, Instrumentation, and Experiment
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MIT researchers use AI to uncover atomic defects in materials

March 29, 2026
Categories: In The News, Undergraduates, Nuclear Physics Experiment
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Primitive star offers glimpse of early universe

March 26, 2026
Categories: In The News, Faculty, Astrophysics Observation, Instrumentation, and Experiment
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Did Scientists Just Detect an Exploding Black Hole?

March 26, 2026
Categories: Research, Faculty, Graduate Students, High Energy and Particle Theory
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