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posted by janrinok on Tuesday October 04 2016, @06:13PM   Printer-friendly
from the applause dept.

David J. Thouless, F. Duncan Haldane and J. Michael Kosterlitz split the 2016 Nobel Prize in physics for theoretical discoveries of topological phase transitions and topological phases of matter.

The Nobel Prize in Physics 2016 was split, with one half going to David J. Thouless at the University of Washington, and the other half going to F. Duncan M. Haldane at Princeton University and J. Michael Kosterlitz at Brown University. The Prize was awarded for the theorists' research in condensed matter physics, particularly their work on topological phase transitions and topological phases of matter, phenomena underlying exotic states of matter such as superconductors, superfluids or thin magnetic films. Their work has given new insights into the behavior of matter at low temperatures, and has laid the foundations for the creation of new materials called topological insulators, which could allow the construction of more sophisticated quantum computers.

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/physics-nobel-awarded-for-breakthroughs-in-exotic-states-of-matter/

Press Release: The Nobel Prize in Physics 2016

It is great to note that their Wikipedia entries are already updated to include the 2016 Nobel Prize ...


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  • (Score: 3, Insightful) by opinionated_science on Tuesday October 04 2016, @09:22PM

    by opinionated_science (4031) on Tuesday October 04 2016, @09:22PM (#410337)

    It's called the Brain Drain. I think the term was first in post-2ndWW period as cost of living in the UK is much higher than US. That, and the pay structure is all founded in Dickens era.

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