Is there dark matter at the center of the Milky Way?
A new analysis puts dark matter back in the game as a possible source of energy excess at the galactic center.
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Physicists design an experiment to pin down the origin of the elements
With help from next-generation particle accelerators, the approach may nail down the rate of oxygen production in the universe.
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Data-mining for dark matter
Tracy Slatyer hunts through astrophysical data for clues to the invisible universe.
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Seeking new physics, scientists borrow from social networks
Technique can spot anomalous particle smashups that may point to phenomena beyond the Standard Model.
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Ultra-Quantum Matter research gets $8 million boost
MIT’s Senthil Todadri and Xiao-Gang Wen will study highly entangled quantum matter in a collaboration supported by the Simons Foundation.
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Physicists calculate proton’s pressure distribution for first time
The particle’s core withstands pressures higher than those inside a neutron star, according to a new study.
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Project to elucidate the structure of atomic nuclei at the femtoscale | MIT News
Laboratory for Nuclear Science project selected to explore machine learning for lattice quantum chromodynamics.
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Center for Theoretical Physics celebrates 50 years | MIT News
Symposium explores how novel ideas and experiments are advancing many areas of theoretical physics in newly interconnected ways.
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Jesse Thaler: Seeking the fundamental nature of matter | MIT News
Theorist explores particle physics at the boundary of “messy and elegant.”
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Arthur Kerman, professor emeritus of physics, dies at 88 | MIT News
Former Laboratory for Nuclear Science and Center for Theoretical Physics director made important contributions to the study of nuclear structure and reactions.
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