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Indian Physicist Deepak Dhar Wins 2026 Dirac Medal For Work In Statistical Mechanics
Deepak Dhar received the 2026 Dirac Medal for his influential research in statistical mechanics and complex system behaviors.
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Who Is Atanu Nath? Assam Physicist Wins Global Breakthrough Prize In Fundamental Physics
Atanu Nath, assistant professor from Assam, won the 2026 Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics for his work on the Muon g-2 experiment.
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Nobel Prize Winner, Chinese Physicist Chen-Ning Yang, Dies At 103
Chen Ning Yang was born in Hefei, east China's Anhui Province, in 1922. In the 1940s, he went to the United States to pursue academic studies and subsequently held teaching positions. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1957.
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Satellite Internet Boom Could Disrupt Earth's Magnetic Field, Warns Physicist
The problem is that space, contrary to popular belief, isn't really a giant, self-cleaning void.
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Chiral-Bose Liquid State: Researchers Discover New State Of Matter
The Chiral-Bose liquid state is formed by bringing two layers of a special material very close together at absolute zero.
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Noted Theoretical Physicist Thanu Padmanabhan Dies Of Cardiac Arrest
Noted theoretical physicist and recipient of Padma Shri award, Professor Thanu Padmanabhan died due to cardiac arrest in Pune on Friday, a former colleague said. He was 64.
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Max Born's 135th Birth Anniversary: Google Celebrates Nobel Prize Winner's Birthday With A Doodle
Without Max Born's development of the field of Quantum mechanics, today's modern world would perhaps not have been the same. Quantum mechanics is a part of physics which studies matter at the smallest form possible.
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Indian-American Physicist Donates USD 11 Million To UCLA
An Indian-American physicist has donated USD 11 million to University of California to establish a center devoted to advancing knowledge of the basic laws of nature, the largest donation in the history of the varsity.
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Gravitational Waves Detected for Second Time, Say LIGO Researchers
Researchers announced they had found the waves a second time in December, produced by the collision of two black holes some 1.4 billion years ago.
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Could Black Holes Be the Dark Matter Everyone Has Been Looking For?
Two different papers have been published recently suggesting that LIGO may have stumbled upon the solution to the enduring mystery of dark matter.
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Scientists Win $3 Million for Detecting Einstein's Waves
The Breakthrough Prizes were created by Russian billionaire Yuri Milner along with several technology pioneers.
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LIGO's Twin Black Holes May Have Been Born Inside Single Star
In order to power both the gravitational wave event and the gamma-ray burst, the twin black holes must have been born close together.
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Playing Devil's Advocate to the Discovery of Gravitational Waves
We ought to have a critical look at the relevant experiment before we finally incorporate this great achievement into the body of scientific knowledge.
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Gravitational Waves: LIGO India Could Be Operational by 2023-End
"It is technically feasible for LIGO-India to go online by the end of 2023," said Fred Raab, LIGO Laboratory liaison for LIGO-India.
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Cabinet Gives Nod to Build Gravitational Waves Observatory in India
A state-of-the-art gravitational waves observatory will be set up in India in collaboration with the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory (LIGO).
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Indian Physicist Deepak Dhar Wins 2026 Dirac Medal For Work In Statistical Mechanics
Deepak Dhar received the 2026 Dirac Medal for his influential research in statistical mechanics and complex system behaviors.
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Who Is Atanu Nath? Assam Physicist Wins Global Breakthrough Prize In Fundamental Physics
Atanu Nath, assistant professor from Assam, won the 2026 Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics for his work on the Muon g-2 experiment.
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Nobel Prize Winner, Chinese Physicist Chen-Ning Yang, Dies At 103
Chen Ning Yang was born in Hefei, east China's Anhui Province, in 1922. In the 1940s, he went to the United States to pursue academic studies and subsequently held teaching positions. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1957.
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Satellite Internet Boom Could Disrupt Earth's Magnetic Field, Warns Physicist
The problem is that space, contrary to popular belief, isn't really a giant, self-cleaning void.
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Chiral-Bose Liquid State: Researchers Discover New State Of Matter
The Chiral-Bose liquid state is formed by bringing two layers of a special material very close together at absolute zero.
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Noted Theoretical Physicist Thanu Padmanabhan Dies Of Cardiac Arrest
Noted theoretical physicist and recipient of Padma Shri award, Professor Thanu Padmanabhan died due to cardiac arrest in Pune on Friday, a former colleague said. He was 64.
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Max Born's 135th Birth Anniversary: Google Celebrates Nobel Prize Winner's Birthday With A Doodle
Without Max Born's development of the field of Quantum mechanics, today's modern world would perhaps not have been the same. Quantum mechanics is a part of physics which studies matter at the smallest form possible.
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Indian-American Physicist Donates USD 11 Million To UCLA
An Indian-American physicist has donated USD 11 million to University of California to establish a center devoted to advancing knowledge of the basic laws of nature, the largest donation in the history of the varsity.
-
Gravitational Waves Detected for Second Time, Say LIGO Researchers
Researchers announced they had found the waves a second time in December, produced by the collision of two black holes some 1.4 billion years ago.
-
Could Black Holes Be the Dark Matter Everyone Has Been Looking For?
Two different papers have been published recently suggesting that LIGO may have stumbled upon the solution to the enduring mystery of dark matter.
-
Scientists Win $3 Million for Detecting Einstein's Waves
The Breakthrough Prizes were created by Russian billionaire Yuri Milner along with several technology pioneers.
-
LIGO's Twin Black Holes May Have Been Born Inside Single Star
In order to power both the gravitational wave event and the gamma-ray burst, the twin black holes must have been born close together.
-
Playing Devil's Advocate to the Discovery of Gravitational Waves
We ought to have a critical look at the relevant experiment before we finally incorporate this great achievement into the body of scientific knowledge.
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Gravitational Waves: LIGO India Could Be Operational by 2023-End
"It is technically feasible for LIGO-India to go online by the end of 2023," said Fred Raab, LIGO Laboratory liaison for LIGO-India.
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Cabinet Gives Nod to Build Gravitational Waves Observatory in India
A state-of-the-art gravitational waves observatory will be set up in India in collaboration with the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory (LIGO).
