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Quantum levitation flux lines - Tel Aviv University superconductor group, http://www.quantumlevitation.com/
Ceramic superconductors earned the 1987 Nobel Prize in Physics
The 1987 Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded to two physicists who had discovered that certain ceramic materials could also be superconductors.
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LIGO: Measuring black hole movement to within the space of a proton
LIGO is the most precise measurement device ever constructed by humanity, and successfully measured gravitational waves with precision of less than a proton.
A blue background with a grid, with waves spiraling out on the background from a pair of circles in the center. - R. Hurt/Caltech-JPL
What Can Gravitational Waves Tell Us About the Early Universe?
Theories predict that the universe may be filled with waves of gravitational force. And now, perhaps, they've been detected!
A graph with a horizontal line. At a location of 0, there is a vertical line shown with a magnitude of 1. - Creative Commons (via Wikimedia Commons)
Dirac delta function represents point particles in quantum equations
A Dirac delta function is a mathematical construction that allows the discontinuities of quantum mechanics to be dealt with coherently.
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Quark-gluon plasma is the most primordial state of matter.
Quark-gluon plasma is a state of matter where the bonds that hold atoms together have broken, as existed moments after the Big Bang.
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Paul Dirac: the man who discovered antimatter.
English physicist Paul Dirac helped develop quantum mechanics, earned the 1933 Nobel Prize in Physics, and predicted existence of antimatter.
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The Institute for Advanced Study has been home to many great thinkers
Princeton University's Institute for Advanced Study houses one of the most prestigious intellectual communities in the world.
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Early quantum mechanics was built out of the Niels Bohr Institute.
The Niels Bohr Institute at the University of Copenhagen is the location where the founders of quantum mechanics worked to develop their theory.
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How does a synchrotron particle accelerator work?
A synchrotron is a type of particle accelerator that was an improvement over the earlier cyclotron design by using varying magnetic fields.
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Murray Gell-Mann: Quark Discoverer
Murray Gell-Mann is a theoretical physicist, best known for developing the theory of how protons and neutrons form, predicting the existence of quarks.
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1969 Physics Nobel was awarded for theory of quarks.
The 1969 Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded to Murray Gell-Mann for developing quantum chromodynamics, the theory of how quarks bond together.
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Glueballs: Physics' new particle on the block
Glueballs are particles that consist entirely of gluons bound together. Long predicted as possibilities, particle physics may have finally discovered them.
A diagram showing a cut-away of a cyclotron, with the spiral path of the particle beam shown. - Public Domain (published in Radio-Craft magazine in 1947, copyright not renewed)
Cyclotron: One of the earliest particle accelerators.
A cyclotron is a type of particle accelerator developed in the 1930's and used to conduct a variety of scientific experiments.
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Vacuum Energy: Creating energy out of nothing at all.
Vacuum energy is energy that forms in empty space, as a result of spontaneous quantum effects.
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Jack Steinberger: German refugee turned Nobel laureate
Jack Steinberger came to America as a teenage refugee in 1934. He became a world renowned particle physicist and recipient of the 1988 Nobel Prize
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