Colleagues remember Peter Higgs as an inspirational scientist, who remained humble despite his fame. Credit: Graham Clark/Alamy Topics: CERN, Higgs Boson, High Energy Physics, Nobel Prize, Particle Physics, Quantum Mechanics, Theoretical Physics Few scientists have enjoyed as much fame in recent years as British theoretical physicist Peter Higgs, the namesake of the boson that was discoveredContinue reading “Nanos Gigantum Humeris Insidentes…”
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Nano Racetracks…
In this image, optical pulses (solitons) can be seen circling through conjoined optical tracks. (Image: Yuan, Bowers, Vahala, et al.) An animated gif is at the original link below. Topics: Applied Physics, Astronomy, Electrical Engineering, Materials Science, Nanoengineering, Optics (Nanowerk News) When we last checked in with Caltech’s Kerry Vahala three years ago, his labContinue reading “Nano Racetracks…”
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