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physicist

[fiz-uh-sist] / ˈfɪz ə sɪst /


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"The reason we became interested in stadium waves is that, apparently, people very often behave like particles," physicist Illes Farkas told the NPR network.

From BBC • Jun. 7, 2026

The firm's approach to this is based on exploiting the properties of a so-called quasi-particle, which had existed only in theory, since it was first predicted in the 1930s by Italian physicist Ettore Majorana.

From BBC • Jun. 2, 2026

One of the women Gates had referred to having had an affair with—a “Russian nuclear physicist who I met through business activities,” he had said in his foundation town hall—was closely tied to TerraPower.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 31, 2026

The stakes of Thursday's launch are "huge," said physicist G. Scott Hubbard, a former director of NASA's Ames Research Center.

From Barron's • May 21, 2026

Andrei Sakharov, the physicist who led the Soviet hydrogen bomb program, borrowed a piece of paper from a scientist next to him.

From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin




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