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- 1October 4 marks birthday of physicist and Nobel laureate Vitaly Ginzburg●October 4: Vitaly Ginzburg's birthday, a physicist and Nobel Prize laureate
October 4 is the birthday of Vitaly Ginzburg, the Russian physicist who won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2003 for pioneering work on superconductors and superfluids, alongside Alexei Abrikosov and Anthony Leggett. Ginzburg, also known for his contributions to the theory of electromagnetic wave propagation and his role in the Soviet atomic project, was born on this day in 1916 and died in 2009. Russian media are marking the anniversary.
- 2Simple superconductor YbSb2 breaks physics expectations●YbSb2, a "plain" Type I superconductor, has shattered expectations. Scientists found it spontaneously generates its own
Scientists report that YbSb2, previously considered an ordinary Type I superconductor, spontaneously generates its own magnetic field, breaking time-reversal symmetry—a phenomenon never before observed in such a material. The finding challenges assumptions about how superconductors behave and is prompting physicists to re-examine other 'plain' superconductors that may hide unusual properties.