PHYSICS
- The Age of the Most Distant Galaxy Ever Seen Barely Makes Any Sense
by Kim Heatley on 02/02/2026Rohan Naidu, Pappalardo Fellowships in Physics, astrophysics, NASA Hubble Fellow https://gizmodo.com/the-age-of-the-most-distant-galaxy-ever-seen-barely-makes-any-sense-2000715503 The post The Age of the Most Distant Galaxy Ever Seen Barely Makes Any Sense appeared first on MIT Physics.
- MIT engineers design structures that compute with heat
by admin on 29/01/2026MIT researchers have designed silicon structures that can perform calculations in an electronic device using excess heat instead of electricity. These tiny structures could someday enable more energy-efficient computation. In this computing method, input data are encoded as a set of temperatures […]
- Study: The infant universe’s “primordial soup” was actually soupyby admin on 28/01/2026
In its first moments, the infant universe was a trillion-degree-hot soup of quarks and gluons. These elementary particles zinged around at light speed, creating a “quark-gluon plasma” that lasted for only a few millionths of a second. The primordial goo then quickly cooled, and its individual […]
- Pablo Jarillo-Herrero wins BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Awardby admin on 24/01/2026
Pablo Jarillo-Herrero, the Cecil and Ida Green Professor of Physics at MIT, has won the 2025 BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award in Basic Sciences for “discoveries concerning the ‘magic angle’ that allows the behavior of new materials to be transformed and controlled.” He shares […]
- Monster Neutrino Could Be a Messenger of Ancient Black Holesby Kim Heatley on 23/01/2026
Monster Neutrino Could Be a Messenger of Ancient Black Holes David Kaiser The post Monster Neutrino Could Be a Messenger of Ancient Black Holes appeared first on MIT Physics.
- Demystifying college for enlisted veterans and service members
by Kim Heatley on 18/01/2026“I went into the military right after high school, mostly because I didn’t really see the value of academics,” says Air Force veteran and MIT sophomore Justin Cole. His perspective on education shifted, however, after he experienced several natural disasters during his nine years of service. […]
- Anna Frebel Receives Digital Science Communication Fellowshipby Kim Heatley on 16/01/2026
The MIT Kavli Institute is proud to announce that Anna Frebel, Professor of Physics and Division Head for Astrophysics, has been selected for the 2026 Digital Science Communication Fellowship, an elite national program as part of the Museum of Science’s Global Science Creator Network, dedicated […]
- Allan MacDonald and Pablo Jarillo-Herrero Win Frontiers of Knowledge Award for “Magic Angle” Discoveryby Kim Heatley on 15/01/2026
PRESS RELEASE FUNDACIÓN BBVA The BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award in Basic Sciences has gone in this eighteenth edition to physicists Allan MacDonald (The University of Texas at Austin) and Pablo Jarillo-Herrero (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MIT) for their discoveries […]
- Efficient cooling method could enable chip-based trapped-ion quantum computersby Kim Heatley on 15/01/2026
Quantum computers could rapidly solve complex problems that would take the most powerful classical supercomputers decades to unravel. But they’ll need to be large and stable enough to efficiently perform operations. To meet this challenge, researchers at MIT and elsewhere are developing […]
- Eighteen MIT faculty honored as “Committed to Caring” for 2025-27by admin on 08/01/2026
At MIT, a strong spirit of mentorship shapes how students learn, collaborate, and imagine the future. In a time of accelerating change — from breakthroughs in artificial intelligence to the evolving realities of global research and work — guidance for technical challenges and personal growth is […]
- EPJ QT Highlight - Progress in terrestrial very long baseline atom interferometry
by sabine.lehr@springer.com (EPJ) on 12/05/2025Atom interferometers (here labelled AION, AEDGE and AEDGE+) fill a crucial frequency gap in gravitational wave detection, in the deci-Herz range. The second of a series of workshops, held in London in April 2024, saw over 250 experts make progress towards a blueprint for a kilometre-long atom […]
- EPJ QT Highlight - Generating true randomness with quantum measurements
by sabine.lehr@springer.com (EPJ) on 10/02/2025Inherent randomness in photon detection times A new approach can generate random information with extremely high efficiency through a process involving the emission and subsequent detection of single photons From simulation to cryptography, randomness is a vital resource in many areas of […]
- EPJ QT Highlight - Access to burgeoning quantum technology field could be widened by open master educational model
by sabine.lehr@springer.com (EPJ) on 04/03/2024The operation of the Open Master pilot scheme. Credit: S. Goorney, et al., EPJ Quantum Technology, (2024) Quantum technology offers major societal benefits, but its growth depends on the supply of a qualified workforce. Quantum Technology is based on the engineering of devices that make use […]
- EPJ Quantum Technology: New Review Article The Deep Space Quantum Link (DSQL)
by sabine.lehr@springer.com (EPJ) on 12/10/2022A new review lays out a roadmap for quantum technologies. Credit: Robert Lea Space-based quantum optical links support future networking applications for quantum sensing, quantum communications, and quantum information science. In addition, such links enable new scientific experiments […]
- EPJ QT Highlight - Quantum control for advanced technology: Past and present
by sabine.lehr@springer.com (EPJ) on 29/07/2022A new review lays out a roadmap for quantum technologies. Credit: Robert Lea Quantum devices are a promising technological advance for the future, but this will hinge on the application of quantum optimal control top real-world devices. A new review looks at the status of the field as it […]
- EPJ QT Highlight - Steps towards post-quantum security by Aleksey Fedorov
by sabine.lehr@springer.com (EPJ) on 21/07/2021Aleksey Fedorov Prof. Dr. Aleksey Fedorov is a Junior Principal Investigator at the Russian Quantum Center, Professor of Physics at Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, and founder of startup companies in quantum technologies. His research is related to quantum information technologies […]
- Welcoming Prof. Kai Bongs as new Editor-in-Chief of EPJ Quantum Technology
by sabine.lehr@springer.com (EPJ) on 26/01/2018Kai Bongs It is with great pleasure that we announce that Professor Kai Bongs from the University of Birmingham, UK, has been appointed Editor-in-Chief of EPJ Quantum Technology. Prof. Bongs is the director of the UK National Quantum Technology Hub in Sensors and Metrology, a consortium of […]
- EPJ QT Highlight - How does Earth’s spacetime deformation affect quantum communications?
by sabine.lehr@springer.com (EPJ) on 30/05/2017Credit: CQT, National University of Singapore Jan Kohlrus investigates relativitic effects to consider when setting up quantum communication systems. The interplay and overlap between relativity and quantum theory are among the most complex and challenging open problems of modern theoretical […]
- EPJ QT Highlight - Quantum security from small satellites
by sabine.lehr@springer.com (EPJ) on 17/05/2017Credit: CQT, National University of Singapore Shoebox sized satellites could be the key to fast-track development of space quantum communication, writes author Daniel Oi in a contribution to the SpringerOpen blog. Quantum computing threatens the security of public key cryptosystems that […]
- EPJ Quantum Technology Review - Macroscopic Quantum Resonators (MAQRO): 2015 updateby sabine.lehr@springer.com (EPJ) on 04/04/2016
Do the laws of quantum physics still hold for macroscopic objects - this is at the heart of Schrödinger’s cat paradox - or do gravitation or yet unknown effects set a limit for massive particles? What is the fundamental relation between quantum physics and gravity? Ground-based experiments […]
- Lasse Laurson joins the EPJ Scientific Advisory Committee (SAC)
by sandrine.karpe@edpsciences.org (Sandrine Karpe) on 03/02/2026The Steering Committee of EPJ is delighted to welcome Lasse Laurson, as the new representative of the Finnish Physical Society. Professor Lasse Laurson is a professor of computational physics and head of the Computational Physics Laboratory, part of the Physics Unit at Tampere University, […]
- Jacobo Santamaría joins the EPJ Scientific Advisory Committee (SAC)
by sandrine.karpe@edpsciences.org (Sandrine Karpe) on 30/01/2026The Steering Committee of EPJ is delighted to welcome Jacobo Santamaría, as the new representative of the Spanish Physical Society. Professor Jacobo Santamaría is a Full Professor of Physics at the Department of Materials Physics at the University Complutense de Madrid (Spain). He obtained […]
- Alberta Bonnani joins the EPJ Scientific Advisory Committee (SAC)
by sandrine.karpe@edpsciences.org (Sandrine Karpe) on 23/01/2026The Steering Committee of EPJ is delighted to welcome Alberta Bonnani, as the new representative of the Austrian Physical Society. Professor Alberta Bonanni was born in Italy. After studying physics at the University of Trieste, she spent several years as a researcher at the University of […]
- EPJ H Highlight - Crediting the real pioneers of classical wavefunctions
by sabine.lehr@springer.com (EPJ) on 20/01/2026Mario Schönberg: perhaps the first to develop a classical wavefunction method. Acervo histórico do Instituto de Física da USP, CC BY-SA 3.0 , via Wikimedia Commons Study corrects a long-standing misconception surrounding the origins of classical wavefunctions in Hilbert space A Hilbert space […]
- EPJ Plus Highlight - Using protein microtubules for quantum computations
by sabine.lehr@springer.com (EPJ) on 20/01/2026Quantum entanglement in a network of microtubules A new model shows how networks of protein-based microtubules could host entangled quantum states under normal biological conditions For now, the possibility of using biological structures as a platform for quantum computing remains an open […]
- Mitko Gaidarov joins the EPJ Scientific Advisory Committee (SAC)
by sandrine.karpe@edpsciences.org (Sandrine Karpe) on 12/01/2026Mitko Gaidarov opens the 40th International Workshop on Nuclear Theory (IWNT’40), 2-8 July 2023, Borovets, Bulgaria The Steering Committee of EPJ is delighted to welcome Mitko Gaidarov, as the new representative of the Bulgarian Physical Society. Professor Mitko Gaidarov is a professor […]
- EPJ Plus Highlight - A better model for effective neutron capture therapy
by sabine.lehr@springer.com (EPJ) on 19/12/2025Structure of the neutron beam-shaping assembly Accounting for multiple neutron production mechanisms, the model makes safe neutron-based cancer treatments easier to control Boron Neutron Capture Therapy (BNCT) is an innovative technique for treating tumours that are non-operable, or resistant […]
- Farewell Renato Angelo Ricci
by sabine.lehr@springer.com (EPJ) on 17/12/2025Renato Angelo Ricciphotos from SIF archivesdesign Simona Oleandri Former President of the European Physical Society and former President of the Italian Physical Society (SIF, 1981 - 1998), Prof. Renato Angelo Ricci had also led the preparations for merging parts of Il Nuovo Cimento into the […]
- EPJ Plus Focus Point Issue: Scientific Research in Cultural Heritage 2022
by sabine.lehr@springer.com (EPJ) on 12/12/2025Guest Editors: Ludovic Bellot-Gurlet, Danilo Bersani, Anne-Solenn Le Hô, Delphine Neff, Laurianne Robinet, Aurélie Tournié This EPJ Plus Focus Point on “Scientific Research in Cultural Heritage: articles from the 5th International Conference on Innovation in Art Research and Technology […]
- EPJ C: Julia Vogel new Editor-in-Chief for Experimental Physics II: Astroparticle Physics
by sabine.lehr@springer.com (EPJ) on 12/12/2025Julia K. Vogel (Credit © Mattie Trigo) The publishers of The European Physical Journal C – Particles and Fields are pleased to announce the appointment of Professor Julia K. Vogel as new section Editor-in-Chief for Experimental Physics II: Astroparticle Physics, succeeding in this role to […]
- EPJ C: Julia Vogel new Editor-in-Chief for Experimental Physics II: Astroparticle Physics
by sabine.lehr@springer.com (EPJ) on 12/12/2025Julia K. Vogel (Credit © Mattie Trigo) The publishers of The European Physical Journal C – Particles and Fields are pleased to announce the appointment of Professor Julia K. Vogel as new section Editor-in-Chief for Experimental Physics II: Astroparticle Physics, succeeding in this role to […]
- EPJ C: Markus Elsing new Editor-in-Chief for Computing, Software and Data Science
by sabine.lehr@springer.com (EPJ) on 28/01/2025Markus Elsing The publishers of The European Physical Journal C – Particles and Fields are pleased to announce the appointment of Dr Markus Elsing as Editor-in-Chief for the newly created section on Computing, Software and Data Science as of January 2025. Markus Elsing is a senior […]
- EPJ C: Susha Parameswaran appointed Guest Editor for String Phenomenology
by sabine.lehr@springer.com (EPJ) on 18/10/2024Susha Parameswaran EPJ C is pleased to announce the appointment of Susha Parameswaran as the journal’s Guest Editor for String Phenomenology. Susha Parameswaran is a theoretical physicist based in the UK at the University of Liverpool. Her research interests are in string theory and its […]
- EPJ C Highlight - The ALICE experiment – A journey through QCD
by sabine.lehr@springer.com (EPJ) on 04/09/2024ALICE Collaboration The comprehensive review article “The ALICE experiment – A journey through QCD” has been recently published in the European Physical Journal C (EPJ C). As of today, QCD is a gauge theory describing the interactions of quarks and gluons, the carriers of the strong […]
- EPJ C: Francesco Forti new Editor-in-Chief for Experimental Physics I: Accelerator Based High-Energy Physics
by sabine.lehr@springer.com (EPJ) on 15/12/2023Extracted from Photograph: Ordan, Julien © 2019-2023 CERN The publishers of The European Physical Journal C – Particles and Fields are pleased to announce the appointment of Professor Francesco Forti as new Editor-in-Chief for Experimental Physics I: Accelerator Based High-Energy Physics, […]
- EPJ C Highlight - Celebrating 50 years of QCD with a comprehensive review
by sabine.lehr@springer.com (EPJ) on 13/12/2023Figure with permission by A Deur (JLAB) and E Klempt (University of Bonn) (click on the figure for full size) A series of key experiments performed about 50 years ago revealed the eminent role of gauge theories. Two theories were formulated: the electroweak theory and the strong interaction […]
- EPJ C: Emilian Dudas new Editor-in-Chief for Theoretical Physics III: Quantum Field Theory and Gravity - Fundamental and Formal Aspects
by sabine.lehr@springer.com (EPJ) on 31/10/2023The publishers of The European Physical Journal C – Particles and Fields are pleased to announce the appointment of Professor Emilian Dudas as new Editor-in-Chief for Theoretical Physics III: Quantum Field Theory and Gravity - Fundamental and Formal Aspects, replacing Professor Kostas Skenderis […]
- EPJ C Highlight: Exploring the duality of gravity and gauge theory
by sabine.lehr@springer.com (EPJ) on 03/11/2022Gauge/gravity duality aims to unify leading physical theories. https://commons.wikimedia.org/ wiki/File:Calabi_yau.jpg This EPJ C Topical Collection presents a series of reviews showcasing the latest developments and applications of gauge/gravity duality, and aims at dissemination to a wider […]
- EPJ C Topical Issue on New frontiers in holographic duality: From quantum complexity and black holes to hydrodynamics and neutron stars
by sabine.lehr@springer.com (EPJ) on 20/10/2022Guest Editor: Ayan Mukhopadhyay Over the last 25 years, holographic duality has revolutionised our understanding of gauge theories, quantum many-body systems and also quantum black holes. This topical issue is a collection of review articles on recent advances in fundamentals of holographic […]
- EPJ C: Giulia Zanderighi new Editor-in-Chief for Theoretical Physics I: Phenomenology of the Standard Model and Beyond
by sabine.lehr@springer.com (EPJ) on 02/05/2022The publishers of The European Physical Journal C – Particles and Fields are pleased to announce the appointment of Professor Giulia Zanderighi as new Editor-in-Chief for Theoretical Physics I: Phenomenology of the Standard Model and Beyond, replacing Professor Dieter Zeppenfeld as of 1 May […]