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MIT Science retweeted
Jun 11
A tiny twist can change everything. The 2026 #KavliPrize Laureates pioneered Twistronics, revealed how rotating ultra-thin materials to a precise “magic angle” unlocks extraordinary electron properties and new possibilities for quantum technologies and #nanoscience.
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MIT Science retweeted
Jun 10
In the laboratory of physicist Pablo Jarillo-Herrero, the 'magician' of graphene: "My dream is to create a prestigious university in Spain like MIT" physics.mit.edu/?p=24657
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MIT Science retweeted
Jun 10
Adventures Exploring the World and Unchartered Physics Territory physics.mit.edu/?p=24684
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Jun 10
We're thrilled to announce the 2026 #KavliPrize Laureates, scientists pushing boundaries of what humanity knows in #astrophysics #nanoscience #neuroscience. They have revealed new chapters in the story of our universe, the smallest materials, and how the brain works. 1/2
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Congratulations to Pablo Jarillo-Herrero! The @MIT_Physics professor shares the 2026 Kavli Prize in Nanoscience “for foundational work that established the field of twistronics.” news.mit.edu/2026/pablo-jari…
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Myriam Heiman named the director of The Picower Institute for Learning and Memory. Heiman, who studies neurodegenerative diseases such as Huntington’s disease and Parkinson’s disease, will lead the institute beginning July 1. picower.mit.edu/news/myriam-… #neuroscience @ScienceMIT
ALT Myriam Heiman stands along blue glass windows in MIT's Building 46
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MIT Science retweeted
May 19
Researchers in the Peng Lab use custom-built microscopy and nanotechnology to tag and follow the activity of individual proteins in real time.
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Science is Curiosity on a Mission: It includes all of us who ask "why" and make it our mission to find out. These are the discoveries that move the country forward. The pursuit of ideas that seemed impossible until they weren’t. #CuriosityOnAMission
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MIT Science retweeted
May 14
Congratulations to Class of 2026 Seniors Eric Bi, Katelyn Howard, Nina Petulla, Jason Schuler, Alex Tang, Titus Tsai, and Amy Wang, who have all been selected for induction into @PhiBetaKappa!
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Joey Davis' work has helped reveal that unlike building a house, which happens in a prescribed sequence of steps — pouring the foundation, building the frame, putting on the roof — ribosomes can be assembled in a more flexible way.
Understanding how these structures form and later break down could help researchers learn more about how disruptions of these fundamental processes can lead to disease. news.mit.edu/2026/biologist-…
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Old hack, new tricks: The Green Building Tetris hack is up and running again, thanks to the dedication of a collection of MIT students who were willing to sink countless hours and resources into redesigning the hardware.
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Celebrating AAPI month with voices from across continents, cultures, and generations.
The A List: 15 Stories from Asian and Pacific Diasporas premieres May 13 on @hbomax. #TheAListHBO
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MIT Science retweeted
Apr 28
Researchers in the Cummins and Gilliard Labs have captured an elusive boron-oxygen ring. This discovery could expand the chemistry of boron-based reagents, providing new tools for oxidation reactions in synthesis and materials science.
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Scientists have confirmed the detection of organic molecules on Mars. They were found in a sample collected by NASA's Curiosity Rover and analyzed using the rover's on-board mini lab called the Sample Analysis at Mars (SAM).
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MIT Science retweeted
Apr 17
Congratulations to Professor Brett McGuire, who, alongside @MITEECS Professor Jacob Andreas, has been selected as the winner of the 2026 Harold E. Edgerton Faculty Achievement Award.
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At the 2026 NASA Red Sox STEM day, over 4,000 students and teachers learned about NASA’s missions before attending an afternoon game. The @TESSatMIT traveling transit model made the trip to Fenway to demonstrate how TESS searches for planets around distant stars!
ALT TESS@MIT volunteers Kiran and Katharine hand out informational posters and use flash cards to help demonstrate how TESS finds planets around distant stars at Fenway Park.
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Simon Friedman '89, a Curators Distinguished Professor of pharmacology and pharmaceutical sciences at the University of Missouri, Kansas City, has led the work to develop materials that can hold a well of insulin under the skin until activated by light.
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Researchers at MIT are revealing new populations of asteroids, including smaller ones that could pose a danger to our space infrastructure. Prof Julien de Wit and research scientists Artem Burdanov and Saverio Cambioni break it down on GBH
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What does it mean that @SaraPrescott6 is "Committed to Caring"? She cultivates a lab where students can think boldly while feeling genuinely supported, and where they are seen not only as researchers, but as whole people. Read more: picower.mit.edu/news/leading… @MITBiology @ScienceMIT
ALT Sara Prescott points to a scientific image on a monitor screen in her lab while students Julia Van Goor and Emma Ibanez look on.
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Samples collected from asteroid Ryugu contain nucleobases, commonly called the building blocks of life. They have also been found from samples collected from asteroid Bennu, suggesting that the chemical ingredients for life may be common beyond Earth.
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