Physics

On 4 April 2007 a welder begins works on the interconnections of magnets in the last sector of the LHC.

A front-row seat at this summer's physics extravaganza

MIT team taking part in quest to find elusive Higgs boson

July 1, 2008

Physics awards

June 4, 2008

NASA selects MIT-led team to develop planet-searching satellite

June 3, 2008

In one of the first significant scientific findings from the effort to detect gravitational waves, the team operating the Laser Interferometer Gravity-wave Observatory (LIGO) has reported that the pulsar at the center of the Crab Nebula must have an extremely smooth surface. Here the Crab Nebula is shown in a composite image taken by the Hubble Space Telescope.

Measuring a pulsar's smoothness

Team finds significant results from major collaboration

June 3, 2008

New class to focus on 'physics of energy'

May 29, 2008

Hope on the Horizon: Fusion

May 21, 2008

MIT researchers have figured out how the phalarope, a shorebird with a long, narrow beak, transports its food from the tip of its beak to its mouth. Here the bird feeds by pecking at the water surface.

MIT solves gravity-defying bird beak mystery

Shorebirds take advantage of surface tension to capture prey

May 15, 2008

Robert I. Hulsizer Jr., physics professor emeritus, 88

May 8, 2008

Harald A. Enge, retired physics professor, 87

April 30, 2008

Three MIT faculty named Guggenheim fellows

April 11, 2008

Feld wins major spectroscopy award

April 9, 2008

The unusual geometry of this star system made it possible for researchers to discover the first evidence of the middle stages of planet formation. Above, one star rises above the obscuring disk of matter, and its light becomes visible.

Catching planets in the making

Team sees first signs of formation's middle stages

April 2, 2008

Pedro Reis, an instructor in applied mathematics at MIT, and colleagues have reported the formulation and physics behind the pattern created by adhesive tearing. In this image, Reis demonstrates the way that adhesive tape tears in a triangular shape coming a point.

Researchers make a point of explaining 'the wallpaper problem'

March 30, 2008

A cross-section of nano-crystalline bismuth antimony telluride grains, as viewed through transmission electron microscope. Colors highlight the features of each grain of the semiconductor alloy in bulk form. A team of researchers from Boston College and MIT produced a major increase in thermoelectric efficiency after using nanotechnology to structure the material, which is commonly used in industr...

Boston College, MIT researchers achieve dramatic increase in thermoelectric efficiency

Nanotech advance heralds new era in heating, cooling and power generation

March 20, 2008

John C. Szczepanski, Lincoln Laboratory senior staff member, 58

March 5, 2008

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