Nobel-winning laser discoveries that lit up the field
Three scientists shared the 2018 Nobel Physics Prize on Tuesday for their work that has "revolutionised" the field of laser physics.
Optics & Photonics
Oct 2, 2018
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1,001 ways to lose a Nobel Prize
It's easier to lose a Nobel Prize than to win one.
Other
Sep 28, 2018
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UK physicist donates $3 million prize to boost diversity
One of Britain's leading astrophysicists is donating her $3 million purse from a major science prize to encourage diversity in physics.
Other
Sep 6, 2018
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Neutron star smashup seen for first time, 'transforms' understanding of Universe
For the first time, scientists have witnessed the cataclysmic crash of two ultra-dense neutron stars in a galaxy far away, and concluded that such impacts forged at least half the gold in the Universe.
Astronomy
Oct 16, 2017
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Gravitational waves: Why the fuss?
Great excitement rippled through the physics world Monday at news of the first-ever detection of two ultra-dense neutron stars converging in a violent smashup.
Astronomy
Oct 16, 2017
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Nobel physics prize awards discovery in gravitational waves (Update)
Three U.S.-based scientists won the Nobel Physics Prize on Tuesday for detecting faint ripples flying through the universe—the gravitational waves predicted a century ago by Albert Einstein that provide a new understanding ...
General Physics
Oct 3, 2017
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Nobel physics prize: A big award often for tiny materials
The Nobel Physics Prize honors big discoveries involving materials often too small to be seen by the naked eye.
General Physics
Oct 3, 2017
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The Latest: Nobel-winning scientists laud each other, team
The Latest on the Nobel Physics Prize (all times local):
General Physics
Oct 3, 2017
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Physicists explore exotic states of matter inspired by Nobel-winning research
The 2016 Nobel Prize in physics has been awarded to David Thouless, Duncan Haldane and Michael Kosterlitz, three theoretical physicists whose research used the unexpected mathematical lens of topology to investigate phases ...
Quantum Physics
Oct 10, 2016
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Nobel physics prize awarded to three for topology work (Update 6)
How is a doughnut like a coffee cup? The answer helped three British-born scientists win the Nobel prize in physics Tuesday.
General Physics
Oct 4, 2016
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