The award recognizes Chang’s research on the cosmic microwave background (CMB), which is the radiation signature left over from the infancy of the universe right after the Big Bang.
ARGONNE, Ill. — Four scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory have been selected to receive Early Career Research Awards from DOE.
Exactly 100 years ago today, physicist Kamerlingh Onnes cooled mercury to 4.2 degrees Kelvin, or -450 Fahrenheit, and discovered that it conducted an electric current perfectly—no electricity was lost as heat or friction.