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What Happens to a Star That Captures A Primordial Black Hole? - https://physics.mit.edu/?p=24711

What Happens to a Star That Captures A Primordial Black Hole? » MIT Physics We don’t know if the theorized primordial black holes (PBH) are real. If they are, they formed in the very early Universe when physics were much different. They had no stellar progenitors, and were created by direct collapse of densely-packed subatomic matter. Theorists have wondered if PBH coul...

Reconciling fundamental physics - https://physics.mit.edu/?p=24705

Reconciling fundamental physics » MIT Physics Assistant Professor Haocun Yu is something of a scientific diplomat. In a recent Physical Review Letters (PRL) publication, she and colleagues show how a tabletop experiment can bring together two bedrock physics theories that have never been fully reconciled. Subatomic Gravity? More than a century....

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Adventures Exploring the World and Unchartered Physics Territory - https://physics.mit.edu/?p=24684

Adventures Exploring the World and Unchartered Physics Territory » MIT Physics My Early Youth I was born in 1976 in Valencia (Spain) into a middle-class family. I am the second of four brothers. My parents did not have the opportunity to go to college, as they both started working in their teenage years. However, they were both well-read persons who valued hard work and cultur...

Pablo Jarillo-Herrero wins Kavli Prize in Nanoscience - https://physics.mit.edu/?p=24663
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Pablo Jarillo-Herrero wins Kavli Prize in Nanoscience » MIT Physics MIT professor of physics Pablo Jarillo-Herrero is among 10 researchers worldwide to receive this year’s prestigious Kavli Prize. Jarillo-Herrero is co-recipient of the 2026 Kavli Prize in Nanoscience “for foundational work that established the field of twistronics.” His co-recipients are profe...

In the laboratory of physicist Pablo Jarillo-Herrero, the 'magician' of graphene: "My dream is to create a prestigious university in Spain like MIT" - https://physics.mit.edu/?p=24657

In the laboratory of physicist Pablo Jarillo-Herrero, the 'magician' of graphene: "My dream is to create a prestigious university in Spain like MIT" The stairs leading to the main entrance of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), flanked by Ionic columns, become the backdrop for photo sessions at any time of the day...

Shu-Heng Shao, assistant professor of physics at MIT and a researcher in the MIT Center for Theoretical Physics — a Leinweber Institute, awarded 2026 New Horizons in Physics Prize. https://physics.mit.edu/?p=24647

Entanglement Builds Space-Time. Now “Magic” Gives It Gravity. - https://physics.mit.edu/?p=24641

Entanglement Builds Space-Time. Now “Magic” Gives It Gravity. | Quanta Magazine In holographic theories, physicists may have traced the pliability of space-time to its quantum roots: a measure of quantumness known as “magic.”

Quantum shell structure reveals new rule for proton-neutron pairing inside nuclei - https://physics.mit.edu/?p=24633

Quantum shell structure reveals new rule for proton-neutron pairing inside nuclei » MIT Physics Nuclear physicists used a little magic in their latest experiment conducted at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, and the result has revealed surprising new information about the behavior of protons and neutrons inside the atom’s nucleus. Specifically...

Aram Harrow, quantum researcher: ‘These computers won’t take 10 years; they’ll arrive sooner’ - https://physics.mit.edu/?p=24627

Aram Harrow, quantum researcher: ‘These computers won’t take 10 years; they’ll arrive sooner’ The traditionally skeptical MIT scientist believes the technology’s breakthrough is closer than expected, though its real‑world impact remains uncertain