Tag: physics
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Women of Quantum: Deborah S. Jin
Deborah S. Jin’s groundbreaking research expanded our understanding of quantum physics beyond traditional states of matter. Her work at JILA led to significant advancements in ultracold physics, paved the way for fermionic quantum simulators, and highlighted the importance of women’s contributions in science.
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Women of Quantum: Chien-Schiung Wu
Chien-Shiung Wu, a pioneering Chinese-American physicist, made significant advancements in nuclear physics, particularly beta decay and parity violation. Her groundbreaking experiments contradicted long-held beliefs about symmetry in nature, reshaping physics. Despite her crucial contributions, she was overlooked by the Nobel Prize Committee, though her legacy inspires future scientists and challenges gender barriers.
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Superconductivity: The High-Tc Puzzle
We have come to the last chapter on our superconductivity journey (for now). After finally understanding how superconductivity works, there was only one thing left to do: find materials with higher transition temperatures. In 1986, researchers did just that, but the superconductivity was not the same as before. The mechanism behind this new superconductivity is…
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Women of Quantum: Grete Hermann
Grete Hermann was a pioneer thinker. She had the philosophical mind to ask the right questions and the mathematical mind to answer them. Her insight could have shaped the history of quantum mechanics if it had not been hidden away for so long.
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Superconductivity: The Quantum Framework
It is the second half of the ’50s, and major global events are unfolding. In the meantime, a physics revolution is on the horizon. Bardeen, Cooper, and Schrieffer join forces, each contributing essential pieces to the BCS theory—the quantum answer to the superconductivity puzzle.
The Spin of Things 