Coverage dated December 16, 2025

Who was Nuno F. Loureiro? MIT professor shot and killed in Brookline home

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Loureiro was the director of MIT’s Plasma Science and Fusion Center and a professor in the university’s nuclear science and engineering and physics departments, MIT said.

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  1. Fortune

    MIT professor Nuno F.G. Loureiro, a 47-year-old physicist and fusion scientist, shot and killed in his home in Brookline, Mass. (opens Fortune)

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    Loureiro, who was married, grew up in Viseu, in central Portugal, and studied in Lisbon before earning a doctorate in London, according to MIT.

  2. Newsweek

    What MIT physicist Nuno Loureiro was working on before fatal shooting (opens Newsweek)

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    MIT professor and plasma physicist Nuno Loureiro was fatally shot in Massachusetts. Here’s what to know about his career and research.

  3. CBS News

    MIT professor (opens CBS News)

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    Nuno Loureiro, a 47-year-old physicist and fusion scientist, was shot Monday night at his home in Brookline, Massachusetts.

  4. Lamag

    MIT Professor Nuno Loureiro Shot Dead Outside Boston (opens Lamag)

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    Nuno Loureiro, director of MIT’s Plasma Science and Fusion Center, was shot and killed in Brookline. Authorities have named no suspects.

  5. Newsweek

    Who was Nuno F. Loureiro? MIT professor shot and killed in Brookline home (opens Newsweek)

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    Loureiro was the director of MIT’s Plasma Science and Fusion Center and a professor in the university’s nuclear science and engineering and physics departments, MIT said.

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