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Phiala Shanahan is seeking fundamental answers about our physical world
(MIT, 2023-02-28)
With supercomputers and machine learning, MIT physicist Phiala Shanahan aims to illuminate the structure of everyday particles and uncover signs of dark matter.
Ancient Amazonians Intentionally Created Fertile “Dark Earth”
(MIT News, 2023-09-20)
The Amazon river basin is known for its immense and lush tropical forests, so one might assume that the Amazon’s land is equally rich. In fact, the soils underlying the forested vegetation, particularly in the hilly uplands, ...
Newly discovered planet has longest orbit yet detected by the TESS mission
(MIT News, 2023-08-30)
More than 80 percent of confirmed exoplanets have orbits shorter than 50 days. Astronomers are starting to get a general picture of these planets’ formation, evolution, and composition. But the picture is much fuzzier for ...