Physics
We summarize the week's scientific breakthroughs every Thursday.
- Particle Physics
Higgs field prediction lands Nobel Prize in physics
The famous particle’s detection last year confirmed the laureates’ 1964 proposal.
- Particle Physics
Higgs boson wins scientists Nobel Prize in physics
By Andrew Grant and Gabriel Popkin.
- Physics
Top 10 physicists with no Nobel
While a lot of people are busy predicting who will win Nobel Prizes this week, it would be easier to predict who won’t get the physics prize because they’re dead and therefore no longer eligible. Plus there are those who deserve it and are still alive but probably won’t get it because the Nobel guys don’t seem to like theorists very much.
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- Astronomy
Tiny sphere bends light like a black hole does
Previously seen at the megascale, gravitational lensing goes micro.
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- Materials Science
Chip curves space-time
A manipulated material could help model general relativity in the lab.
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- Physics
Notorious ‘Big G’ gets a little larger
Gravitational constant is difficult to measure, but physicists calculate with new number.
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- Materials Science
Toylike blocks make lightweight, strong structures
Bucking trend toward reducing numbers of parts, MIT engineers suggest building planes from thousands of identical pieces.
