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2022 Templeton Prize
The 2022 Templeton Prize was awarded to Frank Wilczek, a theoretical physicist who had won the Nobel Prize, author, and professor at the Arizona State University. His works on nature’s fundamental laws have transformed the understanding of the forces that govern the universe. He has become the 6th Nobel laureate who has received the Templeton ..
Month: Current Affairs - May, 2022
Category: Awards, Persons & Places in News • Persons in News
Topics: 2022 Templeton Prize • Frank Wilczek • John Templeton Foundation • Nobel Prize in Physics • Sir John Templeton • Templeton Prize
National Science Day 2022
On 28 February, every year National Science Day is celebrated to recognize the contributions of scientists towards the nation’s development. Overview: On 28 February 1928, an important discovery in the field of spectroscopy was made by renowned Indian Physicist Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman. Later, this discovery was named after him i.e. the Raman Effect. In 1930, ..
Month: Current Affairs - February, 2022
Category: Important Days & Events Current Affairs
Topics: CV Raman • National Council for Science and Technology Communication • National Science Day • Nobel Prize in Physics • Raman Effect • Raman scattering
Murray Gell-Man: Nobel Prize winning physicist dies at 89
The Nobel-winning physicist Murray Gell-Mann, died at the age of 89 in New Mexico. He is credited with bringing order to the universe by helping discover and classifying subatomic particles. About Murray Gell-Mann Background: Murray was born and raised in New York City, US. He received his bachelor’s degree in physics from Yale University in ..
Month: Current Affairs - May, 2019
Category: Awards, Persons & Places in News
Topics: Eightfold Path to Enlightenment • Eightfold way • Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) • Murray Gell-Man • Nobel Prize in Physics • Quark Theory
2018 Nobel Prize in Physics awarded
American scientist Arthur Ashkin, French engineer Gerard Mourou and Canadian professor Donna Strickland have been awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics for their work in the field of laser physics. Dr. Ashkin has been awarded the Prize “for the optical tweezers and their application to biological systems. Dr. Mourou and Dr. Strickland have been awarded ..
Topics: Arthur Ashkin • Donna Strickland • Gérard Mourou • Laser science • Maria Goeppert Mayer • Nobel laureates in Physics • Nobel Prize in Physics • Optical tweezers • Optics • Physicists • Physics • Tweezers