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@physicstoday.aip.orgGPS spoofing, the practice of falsifying location data, is becoming more common and harder to prevent, writes @sarah-wells.bsky.social`. Researchers have proposed and tested a new approach that uses messages encoded in quantum states to authenticate an entity’s position.
@physicstoday.aip.orgAnd Johanna Miller described in a 2013 article a line of research inspired by the mystery of chirality in biomolecules. #NobelPrize
@physicstoday.aip.orgIn 2005, @csrday.bsky.social explored how chiral symmetry breaks when a crystal solution is crushed between glass marbles. New Nobel laureate Kenso Soai’s work is mentioned in the piece—the only mention of either laureate in the @physicstoday.aip.org archive.
@physicstoday.aip.orgA 2016 Quick Study by @brettmcguire.bsky.social and Brandon Carroll delved into why researchers are interested in chirality and its connection to amino acids—the building blocks of life.
@physicstoday.aip.orgChirality is everywhere in life. Why so many biomolecules are only of one mirror image, and not both, is a mystery whose answer involves chemistry, physics, and biology. Here are a few articles @physicstoday.aip.org has published over the years that explore chirality from a physics perspective:
@physicstoday.aip.orgThe @scienceacademyswe.bsky.social announced today that the 2026 @nobelprize.org in Chemistry 2026 to Henri B. Kagan of Université Paris-Sud and Kenso Soai of the Tokyo University of Science “for the discovery of nonlinear effects and autocatalysis in asymmetric organic synthesis.” #nobelprize
@physicstoday.aip.orgCan the US dodge a dystopia in which political appointees micromanage science? Congress has put a hold on a rule proposed by the Office of Management and Budget that would create such a scenario, and now the science community is working for the rule to either be choked or left to fizzle out.
@acs.orgReposted by @physicstoday.aip.orgCongratulations to Henri B. Kagan and Kensō Soai, the laureates of the 2026 Nobel Prize in Chemistry! They are sharing the award equally for their work on designing reactions that selectively form only one enantiomer of a chiral molecule.
Read the ACS press release: www.acs.org/pressroom/ne...
@cenmag.bsky.socialReposted by @physicstoday.aip.orgHenri B. Kagan at Paris-Saclay University, and Kenso Soai at the Tokyo University of Science have won this year’s #NobelPrize in Chemistry “for the discovery of non-linear effects and autocatalysis in asymmetric organic synthesis.” Read more: cen.acs.org/people/nobel...
@nobelprize.orgReposted by @physicstoday.aip.orgBREAKING NEWS
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the 2026 #NobelPrize in Chemistry to Henri B. Kagan and Kenso Soai “for the discovery of non-linear effects and autocatalysis in asymmetric organic synthesis.”
@physicstoday.aip.orgThe @scienceacademyswe.bsky.social announced today that Francis Halzen will receive the 2026 @nobelprize.org in Physics “for decisive contributions to @icecubeneutrino.bsky.social and the discovery of high-energy neutrinos of astrophysical origin.”
Read the full story by Laura Fattaruso. #physics
@astrokatie.comReposted by @physicstoday.aip.orgI attended a seminar by freshly minted Nobel Laureate Francis Halzen many years ago and something he said stuck with me, but it takes some explaining, so this will be a (short) thread. The talk was about neutrino telescopes, and he started by explaining how rarely neutrinos interact with anything.
@danvergano.bsky.socialReposted by @physicstoday.aip.orgPhysics Today -- Science organizations mobilize against politicizing purse strings physicstoday.aip.org/news/science...
Related -- The last crisis of U.S. physics - physicstoday.aip.org/features/the...
@drkeithsmith.bsky.socialReposted by @physicstoday.aip.orgCongratulations to Francis Halzen, founder of the IceCube Neutrino Observatory, for receiving the Nobel Prize in physics.
Halzen is recognised for his contributions to neutrino astrophysics, using the observatory at the South Pole that he proposed and led. ☄️🔭⚛️🧪
www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physi...
@natphys.nature.comReposted by @physicstoday.aip.orgSee here for lots of neutrino content...
@lbaudis.bsky.socialReposted by @physicstoday.aip.orgI am so happy today for Francis Halzen and for the IceCube collaboration. The Nobel Prize for Francis, for IceCube, and for high-energy neutrino astronomy is very special for me, both scientifically and personally.
@physicstoday.aip.org"This was the kind of adventure where success was not guaranteed and we got lucky," said Francis Halzen after learning that he would receive the 2026 @nobelprize.org in Physics for his contributions to @icecubeneutrino.bsky.social. Here's our story, which will be updated throughout the day. #physics
@particleclara.bsky.socialReposted by @physicstoday.aip.orgCongratulations to Professor Francis Halzen and everyone working at the IceCube Neutrino Observatory for this recognition! #NobelPrize
@c0nc0rdance.bsky.socialReposted by @physicstoday.aip.orgLet's explore the IceCube Neutrino Observatory! Constructed at the Amundsen–Scott South Pole Station in Antarctica, it embeds ~5,800 ultra-sensitive light detectors (DOMs) in 90 strings through 1 cubic km of ultra-clear glacier ice sitting at very nearly the precise geographic South Pole.
@astrokatie.comReposted by @physicstoday.aip.orgWhat is the IceCube neutrino observatory? Neutrinos are elusive particles that rarely interact, but can create flashes of light when they do. Most neutrino detectors are giant water tanks surrounded by light detectors. IceCube is kilometer-long strings of detectors embedded in the Antarctic ice.
