MIT physicists and colleagues have for the first time measured the geometry, or shape, of electrons in solids at the quantum ...

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In physics, mass generally refers to a property of particles that relates to things like their energy and resistance to ...

In-plane magnetic fields unveil novel Hall effect behaviors in advanced materials, transforming our understanding of ...

Scientists have long known that light can sometimes appear to exit a material before entering it – an effect dismissed as an ...

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MIT physicists have created a new and long-lasting magnetic state in a material, using only light.

Scientists from MIT have been blasting magnets with lasers, which is more scientific than it sounds. Researchers working with ...

String theory, conceptualized more than 50 years ago as a framework to explain the formation of matter, remains elusive as a ...