Professor Stansislaw Penczek of the Polish Academy of Sciences wins prize and endowment of $2,500 for work in polymerization kinetics and mechanisms.
Physics
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The field of quantum simulations leads to the exciting adventure of describing and understanding the quantum world better than ever.
Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2013
Martin Karplus, Michael Levitt and Arieh Warshel win this year’s Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
Nobel Prize in Physics 2013
François Englert and Peter W. Higgs win the 2013 Nobel Prize in Physics.
Book Review: Advanced Thermoforming
Dr Peter Martin, Queen’s University Belfast reviews Advanced Thermoforming: Methods, Machines and Materials, Applications and Automation by Sven Engelmann.
Team uncovers longstanding error in mixed phase titania catalysis
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Rare-earth quasicrystals dicovered using an algorithm developed at the DOE’s Ames lab.
New small angle scattering methods boost molecular analysis
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Unexpected photoelectric behavior from topological insulators
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Latest space station delivery includes a set of experiments from Northwestern for studying crystal formation in space.
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