This is the first article in a two-part series discussing innovative teaching techniques in college physics classes. Today's installment will focus on interactive programs instated at other ...

Encouraged early on by Nobel laureate Enrico Fermi, the “Queen of Carbon” laid the foundation for countless advances in ...

MIT researchers found that subtle chemical patterns persist in conventionally manufactured metal alloys, despite the mixing ...

Global phase spectroscopy' makes ultraprecise optical timekeepers even more precise Researchers at MIT say they have ...

Ever since Isaac Newton and the falling apple, surprises have often pushed physics forward. Many truths about the universe we live in and the particles that make up ourselves and the world around us, ...

MIT researchers found that metals retain hidden atomic patterns once believed to vanish during manufacturing. These patterns ...

We often think of artificial intelligence as a tool for automating certain tasks. But it turns out that the technology could also help give us a better understanding of ourselves. At least that's what ...

Hang Su ’23 has always been fascinated by physics and how it helps explain the natural world. Eager to learn as much as she can about how the world works, she hopes to make her own meaningful impact ...

MIT researchers double the accuracy of optical atomic clocks by reducing quantum noise with an innovative laser technique.