New Atlas

Harvard scientists observe new state of matter, a quantum spin liquid

An exotic state of matter originally hypothesized almost 50 years ago has been observed for the first time. Created by Harvard researchers, this material called quantum spin liquid could eventually ...
Business Wire

Harvard’s Avi Loeb and Warp-Drive Theorist Shaun Fell Join Applied Physics to Explore Gravitational Physics for Space Applications

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Applied Physics, the pioneering research collective advancing breakthrough technologies in space and gravitational physics, announced today that Harvard astrophysicist Avi ...
Boston Magazine

Harvard and MIT Researchers Invented ‘Lightsaber’ Technology … Sort of

A research team led by Harvard and MIT physics professors has manipulated photons of light to form molecules, a discovery that is very exciting to people with a high level understanding of physics … ...
Morning Overview on MSN

Harvard researcher flags 12 3I/ATLAS anomalies fueling "spaceship" theory

The interstellar visitor 3I/ATLAS has become the latest flashpoint in a growing debate over how to interpret strange behavior ...
The Harvard Crimson

Helium Shortage Forces Harvard Physics Labs to Shut Down Equipment, Suspend Projects

Harvard is running out of helium — and it is no laughing matter. A global helium shortage is affecting all sorts of consumers, ranging from the National Weather Service, to party-supply stores, to ...
Inc

Science: College Can Decrease Your Understanding of It. A Harvard Physicist Is Undoing the Damage

If we want to improve our world, we need to know science–not just to solve problems, but to understand the underlying patterns of nature. Many of humanity’s greatest advances came from physics: radio, ...
The Harvard Crimson

Physics Prof. Dvorkin Named 2018 Harvard Scientist of the Year

Assistant Physics professor Cora Dvorkin was named the 2018 Harvard Scientist of the Year by the Harvard Foundation for Intercultural and Race Relations last month. Each year, student interns at the ...
Futurism

Harvard and Pentagon Scientists Say “Highly Maneuverable” UFOs Appear to Defy Physics

Following several high-profile UFO sightings, which are now being investigated by the Pentagon, researchers are analyzing the data — and are finding that the numbers simply aren’t adding up. Director ...
The Boston Globe

Harvard physics professor wins $500,000 Minerva prize

A Harvard physics professor was named Tuesday as the first winner of the Minerva Prize, a new award given to a single faculty member worldwide in recognition of “extraordinary innovation” in teaching.
The Boston Globe

An artist walks into the Harvard physics department

Physicists will tell you that they see great beauty in the physical world, though much of that beauty remains hidden to others — masked by mathematics that most people never understand. Artist Kim ...
The Hoya

Harvard Professor Cooks Up Food for Thought

Georgetown programs never fail to bring energetic, interesting and often witty speakers to campus. This week was no different when Harvard University physics professor David Weitz, who presented “The ...
WGBH

With AI common on campus, some educators are leaning in

Greg Kestin teaches physics at Harvard. He made a custom tutor on the chatbot TeachGPT. “I never am intending to replace anyone, but sort of take some of the more rote aspects of teaching and let the ...