BM Birla Science Centre Award for Nobel Laureate

By Our Staff Reporter

HYDERABAD, DEC. 11. The Nobel Laureate, Prof. Steven Chu, was presented with the B. M. Birla Science Centre's `Life Time Achievement in Science Award' at the Birla Science Centre here on Monday. The Centre director, Dr. B.G.Sidharth, presented the award.

Later, delivering a lecture `Holding on to Atoms and Bio- molecules with light', Prof. Chu of the Stanford University, USA, detailed the developments in the fields of laser cooling, atom trapping and atom optic techniques.

Apart from helping in navigation of ships, airplanes and cars, the Global Positioning Satellite System was also being used in the studies pertaining to the motion of tectonic plates and global warming, he said.

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