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physicist

[fiz-uh-sist] / ˈfɪz ə sɪst /


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A physicist at the University of Birmingham has created a laboratory "mini universe" that brings scientists a step closer to answering one of the biggest questions in physics: What is time?

From Science Daily Jul. 9, 2026

Mr. Sahdev is a physicist at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 5, 2026

But it has now also surpassed director Christopher Nolan's 2023 film about the American theoretical physicist J Robert Oppenheimer, which previously held the box office record for any film based on a real-life figure.

From BBC Jun. 29, 2026

One of them was Socolow, a theoretical physicist who had been leading an interdisciplinary environmental program at Princeton since 1971.

From Salon Jun. 26, 2026

Even though he was a physicist, he knew that important biological objects come in pairs.

From "Double Helix" by James D. Watson

For decades, physicists have wrestled with one of the deepest puzzles in modern science: the "black hole information paradox."

From Science Daily Jul. 5, 2026

The theory challenged conventional thinking and left even leading physicists struggling to make sense of its implications.

From Science Daily Jul. 5, 2026

She added that the centre in Shropshire is important for innovations and for keeping future generations of nuclear physicists in the UK.

From BBC Jul. 2, 2026

We also had experts at the table like nuclear physicists and hundreds of people in the U.S. government who were working on this.

From Barron's Jun. 25, 2026

The two physicists received less hospitable treatment when they circled back to the AEC to see David Lilienthal, its chairman.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik




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