Physicists at MIT have developed a new way to probe inside an atom's nucleus, using the atom's own electrons as "messengers" ...

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

MIT astronauts aboard the International Space Station—and the MIT researchers who have sent up experiments—have advanced our ...

Physicists have uncovered the fascinating world of “rotating crystals” — solids made of spinning particles that behave in ...

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

Google DeepMind has partnered with Commonwealth Fusion Systems to apply AI simulations and plasma control tools to advance ...

Chitnis's vision and fieldwork led to the selection of Thumba, Kerala, as the site for India's first rocket launches.

Quantum materials sound futuristic — their strange behaviors come directly from the laws of quantum physics, which govern how ...

A theoretical study suggests that gravity could have quantum effects without itself being a quantum theory. Other researchers ...

The simulation of strongly interacting many-body systems is a key objective of quantum physics research, as it can help to ...

Robert D. Maurer, alumnus of the Department of Physics, was an industrial physicist noted for his leadership in the invention of optical fiber. He passed away at the age of 101 on Sept. 9, 2025, in ...

He led a team of scientists who helped confirm that a Big Bang was the source of the universe. The discovery earned him a ...