Harvard physicist Lene Hau was able to slow down light to 17 meters per second

June 17, 2014 araho Did you know that Harvard, Lene Hau, light, physicist

Harvard physicist Lene Hau was able to slow down light to 17 meters per second and in 2001, was able to stop light completely. Lene Vestergaard Hau (born in Vejle, Denmark, on November 13, 1959) is a Danish physicist. In 1999, she led a Harvard University team who, by use of a superfluid, succeeded in […]

Ernest Wollan did not share the Nobel Prize that was awarded

March 3, 2014March 3, 2014 araho Did you know that Ernest Wollan, nobel prize, physicist

In collaboration with Clifford G. Shull, who joined him at ORNL in 1946, he developed neutron diffraction methodology used for determining atomic resolution structure of substances. In 1994, Shull was awarded a share of the Nobel Prize in Physics for his work on neutron diffraction. The unusual delay in the Nobel award, which came more […]

Arnold Sommerfield nominated to Nobel prize 81 times

May 8, 2013September 23, 2013 Anya Did you know that Arnold Sommerfield, nobel prize, physicist

Did you know that Arnold Sommerfield, a theoretical physicist, was doctoral supervisor to 4 physicists who went on to win Nobel Prizes in physics, and academic supervisor to 2 others who also won. He himself was nominated 81 times. Arnold Johannes Wilhelm Sommerfeld ForMemRS (5 December 1868 – 26 April 1951) was a German theoretical physicist […]

Harvard physicist Lene Hau was able to slow light down to 37 miles an hour

April 15, 2013May 8, 2014 alearned Did you know that Harvard, physicist

Did you know that in 1999 Harvard physicist Lene Hau was able to slow light down to 37 miles an hour, and was later able to stop light completely. In 1999, after years of practice, Lene Hau learned how to bicycle at the speed of light. She’s not a racer; she’s a physicist at Harvard […]