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

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

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

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

Two separate theoretical studies published this year argued that time itself is bound up in the odd quantum property of entanglement, but deep mysteries remain ...

a powerful tool for controlling magnetism, and could help in designing faster, smaller, more energy-efficient memory chips ...

One of the biggest mysteries in science—dark energy—doesn't actually exist, according to researchers looking to solve the ...

From a Nobel-winning laser scientist to an award-winning mathematician, here are some experts who made the move.

Physicist John Wheeler was part of much of this Earth-shattering work, such as understanding the structure of the atom, ...

MIT scientists have developed a groundbreaking magnetizing laser in new research that could have significant ramifications ...

Four decades ago, physicists were theorizing that the mind-bending mechanics of quantum physics could be harnessed to make a ...