by RLE at MIT | Jul 11, 2025 | News Links
Daniel Kleppner, a renowned physicist whose groundbreaking work in atomic physics contributed to the development of the Global Positioning System and laid the foundation for quantum computing, died on June 16 at a hospital in Palo Alto. He was 92. From 1987 to 2000,...
by RLE at MIT | Oct 23, 2023 | News Links
Related Links: MIT professor of physics Wolfgang Ketterle, along with other members of the Center for Ultracold Atoms group, received a major renewal of its NSF Physics Frontiers Centers program grant to fund research that includes conducting experiments...
by RLE at MIT | Nov 6, 2013 | Awards, News Links
Emeritus professor honored for contributions in quantum phenomena. « more » Related Links: Daniel Kleppner named a 2014 Franklin Institute Award laureate (MIT News) Professor Daniel Kleppner MIT-Harvard Center for...
by RLE at MIT | Jul 27, 2007 | Awards, News Links
President George W. Bush presented the nation’s highest science and technology honors Friday to MIT President Emeritus Charles M. Vest, pioneering biomedical engineer Robert S. Langer and groundbreaking atomic physicist Daniel Kleppner. «more» Related Links: MIT trio...
by RLE at MIT | Jul 16, 2007 | Awards, News Links
Kleppner received the medal for pioneering studies of the interaction between atoms and light, and for “lucid explanations of physics to non-specialists.” «more» Related Links: MIT trio wins nation’s top honors for science, technology Prof. Daniel Kleppner...
