Nobel Prize

Optical Tweezers and their Application to Biological Systems https://www.youtube.com/embed/wAGOArzsEmQ Arthur Ashkin’s Nobel Lecture was held by René-Jean Essiambre, Nokia Bell Labs, Holmdel, USA, on 8 December 2018 at the Aula Magna, Stockholm University. He was introduced by Professor Olga Botner, Chair of the Nobel Committee for Physics. Pdf 2,9 MB Copyright © The Nobel Foundation…

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Interview, December 2018 https://youtu.be/miBzWBaWbFA Interview with Physics Laureate Gérard Mourou on 6 December 2018 during the Nobel Week in Stockholm, Sweden. Gérard Mourou answers the following questions (the links below lead to clip on YouTube): – What are the benefits of working in an international setting? – Where does your passion for science come from…

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Telephone interview, October 2018 https://youtu.be/_atdJmegjXc “When I described catching living things with light people said: ‘Don’t exaggerate Ashkin'” Arthur Ashkin took a break from his current research to talk about the “old research” that led to his breakthrough discovery and earned him a Nobel Prize. Listen to the telephone interview with Arthur Ashkin following the…

Interview, November 2020 Donna Strickland in the laboratory. Courtesy of University of Waterloo “Science is about wondering why” Donna Strickland was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics for her work on ultra-short, high-intensity laser pulses. In this interview she talks about the challenge of learning physics – and why she thinks it’s so important to…