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Artistic depiction of cyan superfluid wave in layered superconductor.
Terahertz microscope reveals the motion of superconducting electrons

Cem Tasan
Cem Tasan to lead the Materials Research Laboratory

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Physicists measure a key aspect of superconductivity in “magic-angle” graphene

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MIT physicists find unexpected crystals of electrons in new ultrathin material

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Physicists magnetize a material with light

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Physicists discover “secret sauce” behind exotic properties of a new quantum material

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How can electrons split into fractions of themselves?

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Liftoff: The Climate Project at MIT takes flight

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Physicists create five-lane superhighway for electrons

Graphic illustrating electronic interactions inside a quantum material.
Physicists discover new way to make strange metal

Three small purple spheres are on left, and one large purple sphere is on right. A bending stream of energy is between them. Graphene layers are in the background.
Electrons become fractions of themselves in graphene, study finds

Professor Vladimir Bulovic
Celebrating five years of MIT.nano

Between layers of graphene are 4 paired, shiny electrons. 2 are blue and 2 are red, and whisps of glowing energy connect them together. They have rings like Saturn, and these rings move them clockwise or counter-clockwise.
From a five-layer graphene sandwich, a rare electronic state emerges

Graphic illustrating electron correlation, or the ability of electrons to talk with each other.
MIT physicists turn pencil lead into “gold”

A rectangular vector map with haxagons distorted on the left by squeezing and on the right by stretching, showing how charged particles are directed to the top or bottom edge of the map.
New quantum magnet unleashes electronics potential

Decorative image shows a bending rainbow lattice on black background.
Physicists discover a new switch for superconductivity

The flat tips of two diamonds compress an atomically thin material.
International Team Reports Powerful Tool for Studying, Tuning Atomically Thin Materials

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Study reveals new ways for exotic quasiparticles to “relax”

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Scientists use computational modeling to design “ultrastable” materials

two graphene layers in the middle (in dark gray and in inset).
Study: Superconductivity switches on and off in “magic-angle” graphene

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Seven from MIT named American Physical Society Fellows for 2022

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Reprogrammable materials selectively self-assemble

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Pablo Jarillo-Herrero delivers 2022 Dresselhaus Lecture on the magic of moiré quantum matter

Liang Fu and Patrick Lee
Liang Fu and Patrick Lee receive Larkin Awards in Theoretical Physics