Physics
- Physics
It’s too soon to declare supersymmetry a tragedy
Supersymmetry is the odds-on favorite to solve many of the mysteries about the physical world that have stumped theorists for decades. Supposedly the LHC should produce actual evidence for SUSY, but it hasn’t. And so some physicists have begun to declare SUSY dead, or at least on life-support.
- Particle Physics
Nobel’s sharp cuts
Gerald Guralnik was home when he learned online that physicists François Englert and Peter Higgs had won the Nobel Prize in physics for formulating the same theory he had proposed nearly 50 years ago.
- Physics
New limit placed on physics constant
An analysis of how much the fine structure constant varies with the density of matter may help scientists determine whether the parameter changes with time.
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- Chemistry
Simulating reactions in cyberspace earns Nobel Prize in chemistry
Computer models that meld quantum and classical calculations have earned three scientists the 2013 Nobel Prize in chemistry.
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- Physics
Proton-boron nuclear fusion returns to spotlight
A technique can fuse nuclei without producing harmful neutrons, but it is far from being power plant–ready.
- 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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