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physicist

[fiz-uh-sist] / ˈfɪz ə sɪst /


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At that time, theoretical physicist Vincent Meunier predicted that sharply bending graphene could rearrange its electrons and create an electrical response.

From Science Daily Aug. 17, 2026

Shtilierman, an engineer and physicist more comfortable tinkering with prototypes than managing personnel and production chains, had known Terekh for several years and valued her business acumen.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 15, 2026

Lucie Green, a solar physicist at University College London working on the mission, told AFP that total solar eclipses were "inspirational for everybody, artists and scientists alike".

From Barron's Aug. 5, 2026

His last three films before adapting a millennia-old poem were a historical epic about an evacuation operation, a time-travel thriller that’s knotty to the point of confusion and a biopic on a physicist.

From Salon Jul. 19, 2026

They then appear to us as what a classical physicist would call waves, such as waves of light or gravitational waves.

From "A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays" by Stephen Hawking

The model gives physicists a way to investigate fundamental questions involving open quantum systems.

From Science Daily Aug. 19, 2026

By using light to probe this delicate quantum state, the physicists uncovered properties that had previously been extremely difficult to observe.

From Science Daily Aug. 12, 2026

Henri Murison, the chief executive of the Northern Powerhouse Partnership, told the BBC: "Eminent physicists have made the case for why this is particularly worrying, because it will lose physics talent across the country."

From BBC Jul. 29, 2026

When I went to Morgan Stanley in 1994 after several years in academia, Wall Street was full of physicists and economists.

From MarketWatch Jul. 27, 2026

Before Newton, generations of physicists had thought about phenomena such as force, acceleration, mass, and velocity.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee




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