{"596956":{"#nid":"596956","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"Nobel Physics Prize Goes to Gravitational Wave Scientists","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u0026quot;This year\u0026#39;s prize is about a discovery that shook the world.\u0026quot; That\u0026#39;s how an official with the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/kva.se\/en\/startsida\u0022\u003ERoyal Swedish Academy of Sciences\u003C\/a\u003E described the 2017\u0026nbsp;Nobel Prize in Physics, which was awarded to\u0026nbsp;the three founders of the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.ligo.caltech.edu\u0022\u003ELaser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO)\u003C\/a\u003E for the\u0026nbsp;detection of\u0026nbsp;gravitational waves.\u0026nbsp;Georgia Tech\u0026nbsp;has\u0026nbsp;a front-row seat for that achievement, thanks to its membership in the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.ligo.org\u0022\u003ELIGO Scientific Collaboration\u003C\/a\u003E, a global team\u0026nbsp;of scientists that helps\u0026nbsp;to confirm gravitational-wave\u0026nbsp;data.\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.physics.gatech.edu\/user\/laura-cadonati\u0022\u003ELaura Cadonati\u003C\/a\u003E, professor in the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.physics.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ESchool of Physics\u003C\/a\u003E and LIGO deputy spokesperson, is quoted in this article, as she is in a separate story for the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2017\/10\/3\/16408824\/ligo-gravitational-waves-nobel-prize-kip-thorne-ray-weiss-barry-barish\u0022\u003EVerge\u003C\/a\u003E. Another LIGO member and School of\u0026nbsp;Physics\u0026nbsp;researcher, \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.karanjani.com\/about\u0022\u003EKaran Jani\u003C\/a\u003E, reacts\u0026nbsp;to the Nobel Prize in\u0026nbsp;this \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/emilyinverso\/2017\/10\/03\/nobel-prize-planet-nine-and-theoretical-science-secrets-of-the-universe-explained-by-physics-top-young-minds\/#20a9db6f6b62\u0022\u003EForbes\u003C\/a\u003E article.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"34434","created_gmt":"2017-10-04 18:19:39","changed_gmt":"2017-10-04 19:05:20","author":"Renay San Miguel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"work family interactions","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"https:\/\/www.scientificamerican.com\/article\/nobel-physics-prize-goes-to-gravitational-wave-scientists\/","dateline":{"date":"2017-10-03T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2017-10-03T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"592333":{"id":"592333","type":"image","title":"Laura Cadonati","body":null,"created":"1496335703","gmt_created":"2017-06-01 16:48:23","changed":"1496335703","gmt_changed":"2017-06-01 16:48:23","alt":"","file":{"fid":"225753","name":"Laura Cadonati .jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Laura%20Cadonati%20.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Laura%20Cadonati%20.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":1565511,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/Laura%20Cadonati%20.jpg?itok=NVtcgXgm"}}},"media_ids":["592333"],"groups":[{"id":"1278","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"126011","name":"School of Physics"}],"categories":[{"id":"150","name":"Physics and Physical Sciences"}],"keywords":[{"id":"4896","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"166937","name":"School of Physics"},{"id":"174581","name":"Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory"},{"id":"175787","name":"LIGO Scientific Collaboration"},{"id":"120191","name":"Laura Cadonati"},{"id":"173122","name":"KAran Jani"},{"id":"175788","name":"Nobel Prize in Physics"},{"id":"99091","name":"Gravitational waves"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}