Quantum mechanics
Quantum mechanics

Perturbation Theory: A Powerful Mathematical Key to Understanding Complex Systems

Originating in the early 20th century, it provided a mathematical framework to analyze problems by introducing small perturbations to known solutions. This approach enables us to tackle intricate phenomena in quantum mechanics, fluid dynamics, and engi…

New tool makes generative AI models more likely to create breakthrough materials

With SCIGEN, researchers can steer AI models to create materials with exotic properties for applications like quantum computing.

New computational chemistry techniques accelerate the prediction of molecules and materials

With their recently-developed neural network architecture, MIT researchers can wring more information out of electronic structure calculations.

Three Spanish MIT physics postdocs receive Botton Foundation fellowships

Recipients Luis Antonio Benítez, Carolina Cuesta-Lazaro, and Fernando Romero López receive support for their scientific research.