UO Played Role in Nobel Prize-Winning Research
EUGENE, Ore. – Scientists at the University of Oregon who took part in the international effort to detect gravitational waves predicted by Albert Einstein a century ago applauded awarding of the Nobel Prize in Physics to three of their colleagues who pioneered and championed the research for decades.
The prize was awarded Tuesday to Rainer Weiss of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Barry Barish and Kip Thorne of the California Institute of Technology.