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How accurately can we measure the ocean's deepest point?
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How accurately can we measure the ocean's deepest point?

How deep is the deepest ocean—and how precisely can we actually measure it? A Japanese research team led by the National Institute of Polar Research (NIPR), SOKENDAI, the University of Tokyo and other Japanese institutions has mapped the Challenger Deep in the Mariana Trench using the EM124 multibeam echosounder aboard the research vessel Hakuho-maru. Their study is published in the journal Scientific Data.

📅 2026-09-17 20:50:01    •    Phys.org
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Meet the 2026 tenured professors in the School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences
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Meet the 2026 tenured professors in the School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences

In 2026, five faculty were granted tenure in the MIT School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences.Volha Charnysh is an associate professor in the Department of Political Science. She studies the role of identity in state-building and economic development and the effects of violence. Her first book, “Uprooted: How post-WWII Population Transfers Remade Europe” (Cambridge University Press, 2024), focuses on the enduring consequences of mass displacement and resulting cultural heterogeneity. She received her PhD from Harvard University in 2017 and joined the MIT faculty in 2018.Grisha Coleman is a full professor in the Music and Theater Arts Section. Her research explores tensions between our...

📅 2026-09-17 20:50:00    •    MIT News
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A new bridge for quantum networks: Physicists convert microwaves to light using 2D magnets
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A new bridge for quantum networks: Physicists convert microwaves to light using 2D magnets

Physicists at The City College of New York have demonstrated a new way to transfer microwave signals onto light using magnetic waves inside a layered semiconductor. The work establishes a materials platform for building interfaces that could one day link quantum computers through optical networks. The research, titled "Microwave-to-optical transduction using magnon–exciton coupling," was led by the Laboratory for Nano and Micro Photonics (LaNMP) at CCNY, headed by physics professor Vinod M. Menon. It appears in the journal Nature Materials.

📅 2026-09-17 20:30:01    •    Phys.org
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Global water report reveals drying rivers and erratic swings between too little and too much
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Global water report reveals drying rivers and erratic swings between too little and too much

Rivers across the globe in 2025 had one of the driest years in more than three decades, according to a new report from the World Meteorological Organization (WMO). It shows a continuation of the long-term decline in Earth's freshwater storage and glacier retreat—trends with serious implications for people and economies in the future.

📅 2026-09-17 20:20:01    •    Phys.org
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MIT School of Engineering faculty and staff receive awards in spring 2026
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MIT School of Engineering faculty and staff receive awards in spring 2026

Each year, faculty and researchers across the MIT School of Engineering are recognized with prestigious awards for their contributions to research, technology, society, and education. To celebrate these achievements, the school periodically highlights select honors received by members of its departments, institutes, labs, and centers. The following individuals were recognized in spring 2026:Faez Ahmed, the Esther and Harold E. Edgerton Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, received a 2025 Air Force Office of Scientific Research Young Investigator Program Award. The award provides early-career U.S. scientists and engineers with up to $450,000 over three years to sup...

📅 2026-09-17 20:20:00    •    MIT News
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Record 38% of new vehicle sales to be EVs in 2030, study finds
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Record 38% of new vehicle sales to be EVs in 2030, study finds

Work & Economy Record 38% of new vehicle sales to be EVs in 2030, study finds Report sees strong growth despite recent loss of federal incentives Alvin Powell Harvard Staff Writer September 17, 2026 5 min read Elaine Buckberg is a senior fellow at the Salata Institute and the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs.Veasey Conway/Harvard Staff Photographer Editor’s note: This story was updated to correct the estimated percentage of 2030 new car sales that would be made up of EVs from 32 percent to 38 percent. A new analysis of U.S. electric vehicle sales projects that a record share of new vehicles sold in 2030 will be electric, despite recent steps by the federal government to re...

📅 2026-09-17 20:18:44    •    Harvard Gazette
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Decoding the DNA switches behind gene regulation
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Decoding the DNA switches behind gene regulation

Understanding gene regulation may be key to interpreting human disease genetics. Genes are regulated in part by stretches of DNA called enhancers, which define when, where and how strongly each gene is turned on. Mapping enhancers and how they function in specific cell types is necessary for understanding gene regulation and disease-related genetic variants. But the location and activity of enhancers are highly cell type-specific, making it difficult to accurately predict enhancer–gene interactions.

📅 2026-09-17 20:00:11    •    Phys.org
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Vapor-phase synthesis of MXenes could expand their technological applications
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Vapor-phase synthesis of MXenes could expand their technological applications

MXenes are two-dimensional nanomaterials first synthesized at Drexel University in 2011. They have been recognized by the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry as an emerging technology with "true potential to transform our world." But their widespread use has thus far been limited by the complicated process required to produce them.

📅 2026-09-17 19:50:02    •    Phys.org
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New study explores US consumers' willingness to pay for fresh-market grape attributes
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New study explores US consumers' willingness to pay for fresh-market grape attributes

A recent study examined U.S. consumers' preferences and willingness to pay for different attributes of fresh-market grapes, providing insights for growers, retailers and the fresh produce industry. The research evaluated how factors such as grape size, sweetness, seedlessness, color and production methods influence purchasing decisions. Findings reveal that certain attributes significantly affect consumer buying behavior, offering guidance on which traits could be emphasized to meet market demand and potentially increase sales.

📅 2026-09-17 19:40:01    •    Phys.org
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Understanding the world, from the Cold War to the age of AI
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Understanding the world, from the Cold War to the age of AI

At a moment when global alliances are shifting, technological change is accelerating, and the boundaries between science and geopolitics are dissolving, understanding the world demands new ways of thinking. For 75 years, the MIT Center for International Studies (CIS) has helped meet that challenge — bringing together engineers, social scientists, and policy practitioners to confront the most pressing global challenges of their time. From developing the foundations of modern international security to redefining how the United States engages with the world, CIS has not only studied global affairs, it has helped shape them. What distinguishes CIS is not just the scope of its work, but the way i...

📅 2026-09-17 19:25:00    •    MIT News
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What kills Schrödinger's cat? Underground experiment rules out gravity model for quantum decoherence
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What kills Schrödinger's cat? Underground experiment rules out gravity model for quantum decoherence

Somewhere between the microscopic realm of elementary particles and the macroscopic world of human beings, something strange happens: The rules of quantum physics, which work so exquisitely for tiny atoms, seem to lose their grip as objects grow larger. Pondering where and how this shift from small-scale quantum fuzziness to everyday sharp certainty happens gives rise to thought-experiment oddities like Schrödinger's famous dead-and-alive cat. The process by which quantum phenomena like superposition—the paradoxical affliction of Schrödinger's cat—fade into the classical reality we experience is known as decoherence.

📅 2026-09-17 19:00:11    •    Phys.org
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What Wendell Berry meant to Christian farmers going green
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What Wendell Berry meant to Christian farmers going green

In the late evening of Aug. 31, 2026, I missed a call from Jennifer, a seventh-generation cattle rancher in Georgia. She was one of more than 70 family farmers and ranchers across the rural U.S. South and Midwest whom I'd gotten to know through my research over the past five years. We still kept up from time to time, but a late-night call had me worried that something had gone awry on her farm.

📅 2026-09-17 19:00:01    •    Phys.org
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