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What is the Nobel Prize and how do you win one? Peace Prize and more explained.
USA Today· 6 days agoThe coveted Nobel Prizes are announced annually, and last year's lineup featured several American...
Physics Nobel Laureate Herbert Kroemer Dies at 95
IEEE Spectrum· 2 days agoKroemer, a pioneering physicist, is a Nobel laureate, receiving the 2000 Nobel Prize in
Attosecond X-Ray Pulses Reveal the Dance of Electrons
IEEE Spectrum· 2 days agoAn attosecond is a billionth of a billionth of a second. Pulses this short give scientists the...
Who is Claudia Sheinbaum, the frontrunner in Mexico’s presidential race?
Al Jazeera· 17 hours agoShe is leading in voter polls, poised to become Mexico’s first female president. A candidate for the...
Local News | Gov. Jared Polis signs quantum bill at CU Boulder
Daily Times-Call, Longmont, Colo. via Yahoo News· 13 hours agoMay 29—Gov. Jared Polis signed new legislation at the University of Colorado Boulder on Tuesday to further support the quantum industry in Colorado. The new tax credit bill, which aims to strengthen ...
Theory of everything: how a fear of failure is hampering physicists’ quest for the ultimate answer
The Conversation· 1 day agoIt has been over a century since the boom period of physics exploded with Albert Einstein, Max Planck and others, sending us spinning into a new world of chaos from our previously ...
32 fun and random facts about Albert Einstein
Live Science via Yahoo News· 3 days agoAlbert Einstein was much more than a scientific genius. From his political beliefs to his hatred of socks, here are 32 facts about Einstein you might not...
Unveiling the microscopic mechanism of superconducting metallic transistors
Phys.org· 2 days agoTraditional transistors are based on modulating an electric current under an electric field, which is possible only using semiconductor materials. In semiconductors, there are fewer free charge ...
In Photos: Harvard’s 373rd Commencement Exercises | Multimedia | The Harvard Crimson
The Harvard Crimson· 6 days agoCrimson multimedia staff were there to document the ceremony and the walkout of more than 1,000...
Opinion | The Long-Overlooked Molecule That Will Define a Generation of Science
New York Times· 1 day agoFrom E=mc² to splitting the atom to the invention of the transistor, the first half of the 20th century was dominated by breakthroughs in physics. The momentous discovery ...