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Engelward, Oliver, Rothman, and Vuletić are recognized for their efforts to advance science. Four MIT faculty members have been elected as fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). The 2023 class of AAAS Fellows includes 502 scientists, engineers, and innovators across 24 scientific disciplines, who are being recognized [...]

Purpose-Led Publishing is a coalition of three not-for-profit scientific publishers: IOP Publishing, AIP Publishing and the American Physical Society. The coalition launched earlier this year, and its members have promised that they will continue to reinvest 100% of their funds back into science. Members have also pledged to “publish only the [...]

The US Department of Energy has given the green light for the next stage of the Electron-Ion Collider (EIC). Known as “critical decision 3A”, the move allows officials to purchase “long-lead procurements” such as equipment, services and materials before assembling the collider can begin. The EIC, costing between $1.7bn and $2.8bn, will [...]

Author(s): Matteo RiniDense ensembles of laser-cooled molecules allow the observation of molecular collisions—a result that could lead to applications of cold molecular gases in quantum simulation and fundamental physics tests.[Physics 17, s47] Published Thu Apr 18, 2024 [...]

Author(s): Elizabeth FernandezA process that reheats some white dwarfs might mean they are much older than previously thought, indicating a potential need to recalculate the age of stellar populations such as the Milky Way.[Physics 17, 67] Published Thu Apr 18, 2024 [...]

A nuclear clock based on thorium-229 is one step closer now that researchers in Germany and Austria have shown that they can put nuclei of the isotope into a low-lying metastable state. The exceptionally low 8 eV excitation energy corresponds to light in the vacuum ultraviolet, which can be generated by [...]

The award recognizes exceptional distinction in teaching, research, and service at MIT. Class of 1958 Career Development Assistant Professor Erin Kara of the Department of Physics has been named as the recipient of the 2023-24 Harold E. Edgerton Faculty Achievement Award. Established in 1982, the award is a tribute to the late [...]

In a new study published in the The Astrophysical Journal, Dr. Li Zhenwei and his collaborators from Yunnan Observatories of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), and Dr. Zhang Yangyang from the Zhoukou Normal University, proposed a new formation model for massive hot subdwarfs, offering explanations for a subset of [...]

I can’t really claim to have known the Nobel-prize-winning physicist Peter Higgs, but after the sad news emerged last week that he had died on 8 April at the age of 94, I was immediately reminded of my one brush with him. An obituary in the Times described Higgs as “warm, funny [...]

Bioinspired device Left: schematic of the mantis shrimp visual system. Right: artificial photoreceptor based on chiral silver nanoclusters and the organic semiconductor pentacene. (Courtesy: CC BY 4.0/Nat. Commun. 10.1038/s41467-024-46646-5) Advances in artificial intelligence and autonomous systems have triggered increasing interest in artificial vision systems (AVSs) in recent years. Artificial vision allows [...]

Mind over matter How can the thinking tools used by scientists to evaluate research help us make better decisions in our everyday lives? (Courtesy: iStock) Everyone makes mistakes. Long before he shared the 2011 Nobel Prize for Physics for his role in demonstrating the accelerating expansion of the universe, Saul Perlmutter [...]

Author(s): Wei Qin and Franco NoriA quantum squeezing method can enhance interactions between quantum systems, even in the absence of precise knowledge of the system parameters.[Physics 17, 64] Published Wed Apr 17, 2024 [...]

Author(s): Charles DayThe verification of a 63-year-old hypothesis indicates that nonequilibrium statistical mechanics could act as a theoretical framework for describing turbulence.[Physics 17, s45] Published Wed Apr 17, 2024 [...]

Graduate students Mason Ng and Silviu-Marian Udrescu and physics junior April Cheng are invited to attend the upcoming Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting.The 73rd meeting will feature over 30 Nobel Laureates meeting more than 650 young scientists —  undergraduates, master students, PhD students, and postdocs – from more than 90 nations. [...]

The radiation oncology department at Kuopio University Hospital (KUH) in eastern Finland has, for more than a decade, been treating the overwhelming majority (>98%) of its cancer patients, across diverse disease indications, using a proven combination of volumetric modulated-arc therapy (VMAT) plus daily low-dose cone-beam CT for image guidance. Zoom [...]

Author(s): Rachel BerkowitzMeasuring a photon’s angular momentum after it passes through optical devices teaches an algorithm to reconstruct the properties of the photon’s initial quantum state.[Physics 17, s41] Published Tue Apr 16, 2024 [...]

Author(s): Michael SchirberA quantum light source is touring European labs in preparation for the 2025 International Year of Quantum Science and Technology.[Physics 17, 66] Published Tue Apr 16, 2024 [...]

Highlights include proton-proton smashups, first physics data for sPHENIX, new collisions “seen” by forward detectors at STAR, and more UPTON, N.Y. — Today marks the startup of the 24th run of the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC), a U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science user facility for nuclear physics research at DOE’s [...]

Author(s): Oleg StarykhA numerical investigation has revealed a surprising correspondence between a lattice spin model and a quantum field theory.[Physics 17, 63] Published Mon Apr 15, 2024 [...]

Among three MIT Professors honored this year. https://www.bostonglobe.com./2024/04/11/arts/11-greater-boston-residents-win-guggenheim-fellowships-this-year/ The post Tracy Slatyer awarded 2024 Guggenheim Fellowship appeared first on MIT Physics. [...]

By analyzing the data from ESA's Gaia satellite, Chinese astronomers have detected a new tidal stellar stream in the northern hemisphere, which has a low metallicity and a relatively high energy. The finding was reported in a research paper published April 1 in The Astrophysical Journal. [...]