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Nobel Prize

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Eminently Complex – Climate Science and the 2021 Nobel Prize

by Ana Barros 1 January 202323 January 2023

The 2021 Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded for climate modeling and for the discovery of multifractals to describe intermittency and the scaling dynamics of climate variables, including extremes.

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Nobel Recognition for the Roles of Complexity and Intermittency

by Daniel Schertzer and Catherine Nicolis 21 July 202223 January 2023

The 2021 Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded to three scientists “for groundbreaking contributions to our understanding of complex physical systems.”

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Physics Nobel Winners Also Solved Solar Mystery

JoAnna Wendel, freelance science writer and illustrator by JoAnna Wendel 7 October 201523 January 2023

Although they won the prize for showing neutrinos have mass, the two Nobel-winning physicists also solved a long-standing mystery of solar neutrinos.

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