Nuno F.G. Loureiro was a "brilliant" physics professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology who was shot and killed in his home on Dec. 15 MIT Department of Physics Nuno F.G. Loureiro was a ...

Curiosity-driven research has long sparked technological transformations. A century ago, curiosity about atoms led to quantum mechanics, and eventually the transistor at the heart of modern computing.

The fatal shooting of professor Nuno Loureiro of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has prompted an outpouring of grief from the scientific community and renewed attention on his ...

For more than 100 years, scientists have debated one of the strangest mysteries in physics: Can two particles far apart somehow “talk” to each other instantly? Albert Einstein didn’t think so. He ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Thirty years ago, Claudio Neves Valente and Nuno F.G. Loureiro were classmates with bright futures. Both excelled in physics and made their way from their home country of Portugal ...

Nuno Loureiro was a physicist who served as the director of MIT’s Plasma Science and Fusion Center. He also held faculty appointments in MIT’s Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering and ...