The kilo is dead. Long live the kilo!
An old artifact kept in a vault outside Paris is no longer the standard for the kilogram. Now, nature itself provides the definition.
An old artifact kept in a vault outside Paris is no longer the standard for the kilogram. Now, nature itself provides the definition.
At the piano and in the lab, double major Tony Zhang is driven by curiosity and creativity.
On Monday, May 20, Professor and Nobel laureate Wolfgang Ketterle will explain the new standards of measurement for mass, charge, temperature, and mole.
Study finds that competition between bacterial species can be upended when conditions deteriorate.
Three MIT undergraduates honored for their academic achievements.
Professor of physics will use U.S. Department of Defense fellowship to study the quantum world in search of new states of matter.
Instead of ballooning into spheres, as once thought, early supernovae ejected jets that may have seeded new stars.
Study investigates capillary-induced deformations in cement’s porous structure.
Findings reported just weeks into the network’s latest operating run. (Press release)
“We will keep listening for these faint and remote cosmic whispers,” says the physics professor.
Research could enable a new suite of experiments to measure quantum activity at room temperature.
“I’m all about finding connections,” says senior Stephon Henry-Rerrie about his path from engineering to the financial sector.
Professors David Jerison, Hong Liu, and Seth Mnookin are among 168 recognized.
A neural network can read scientific papers and render a plain-English summary.
Award funds graduate studies for talented immigrants and children of immigrants.