Ciaran O'Hare scribbles symbols using colored markers across his whiteboard like he's trying to solve a crime—or perhaps ...

MIT researchers have built a terahertz microscope that reveals hidden quantum motion inside superconductors for the first time.

You can tell a lot about a material based on the type of light shining at it: Optical light illuminates a material's surface, ...

In November of last year, a research team led by Professor Ra Young-sik from the Department of Physics at KAIST developed the world’s first technology that allows clear observation and analysis of the ...

The speed of light is one of the most fundamental constants in physics, yet it has never been directly measured in one direction. Instead, scientists rely on assumptions built into how time and ...

Providence, R.I. — Thirty years ago, Claudio Neves Valente and Nuno F.G. Loureiro were classmates with bright futures. Both excelled in physics and made their way from their home country of Portugal ...

Robert F. Bukaty A Reddit post by an observant witness helped lead investigators to the gunman officials say was responsible for the killing of two students during the shooting at Brown University on ...

As Nuno F.G. Loureiro’s colleagues mourn his shocking death at the hands of a former classmate, many are reflecting on the MIT physics professor’s legacy of scientific contributions and leadership.