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Leon Lederman, Nobel-winning physicist and 'visionary' educator, 1922-2018

String Theory May Create Far Fewer Universes Than Thought

String Theory May Create Far Fewer Universes Than Thought


Scientific American

Scientists use quantum ‘spooky action’ to entangle objects you can actually see

Postdoctoral fellow leads physics lectures on the mysteries of neutrinos

Jonathan Smith

UChicago scientists build trap to make tiny packages of light ‘collide’

Jupiter pole

First look at Jupiter’s poles show strange geometric arrays of storms

Scientists use tiny diamond anvils to put squeeze on materials

Gyros

UChicago scientists use gyroscopes to find unusual state of matter

Quantum systems work together for change, UChicago scientists find

Scientists lay out why some origami won’t fold under pressure