Computer Advances And 'Invisibility Cloak' Vie For Physics Nobel

Fonte: International Business Times

The Nobel prize season is in full swing, with the physics prize to be awarded Tuesday. The prizes are named after Swedish scientist Alfred Nobel (1833-1896) AFP A maths theory powering computer image compression, an "invisibility cloak" or the science behind the James Webb Space Telescope are some achievements that could be honoured when the Nobel physics prize is awarded Tuesday. The award, to be announced at 11:45 am (0945 GMT) in Stockholm, is the second Nobel of the season, after the Medicine Prize was awarded on Monday to a US-Japanese trio for research into the human immune system.