Trillions of ghostly particles called neutrinos stream through our bodies every second, slipping past atoms without a trace.

The subatomic particles called neutrinos are famously elusive. But an unconventional trick could make a laser beam of the aloof particles.

Think you understand evaporation? Think again, says MIT By Michael Franco April 25, 2024 The team used a lab device that beamed laser light at water to observe the evaporative effects of light ...

The research team, led by Nuh Gedik, Donner Professor of Physics at MIT, explored how light could influence the magnetic properties of FePS3, a material that becomes antiferromagnetic at ...

Single ultracold atoms act as slits, stripping away noise and emphasizing the fundamental nature of wave–particle duality ...

At MIT’s Formaggio Lab, Peña’s work may help researchers pinpoint the elusive particle’s mass—and refine the fundamental laws ...

A new and powerful particle detector just passed a critical test in its goal to decipher the ingredients of the early ...

Physicists at MIT and Harvard University may have just invented a whole new type of light by forcing groups of photons to bound together.

Physicists from MIT have manipulated magnetism in nickel phosphorus trisulfide by inducing a spin wave in the material's excitons.

Over four decades at MIT, Walter Lewin got undergraduates excited about physics. Now his lectures are reaching millions of students around the world.