# @worldscifest on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/BLJ6CAQBRdB
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- **Posted:** 2016-10-04T20:41:50.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** WorldScienceFestival (@WorldSciFest) — https://gondola.cc/WorldSciFest

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#BrianGreene, on this morning's announcement of the #NobelPrize in #physics:
Hi Everyone,
The Nobel Prize in Physics was announced this morning and it goes to David Thouless, Michael Kosterlitz, and Duncan Haldane for their #mathematical insights (mostly in the 1970s and 1980s) #explaining surprising and useful #quantum phases of #matter, including certain types of superconductors and superfluids. The results are #fascinating in their own right, revealing #nature's rich repertoire for configuring matter, but have the potential for great #impact in areas including #electronics, superconducting materials and perhaps even in quantum #computers.
Congratulations to the new #Nobel #Laureates!
--BG

P.S. OK, I know what you're thinking: Why didn't the discovery of #gravitational #waves win the #prize? Thankfully, there are a wealth of discoveries deserving of such wide public recognition. And as you can see from this year's award, there is sometimes (often, in fact) a time delay between discovery and award.

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electronics, mathematical, gravitational, briangreene, nobel, nature, laureates, computers, waves, impact, quantum, fascinating, explaining, prize, physics, nobelprize, matter

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