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Jun Ye, physicist at the University of Colorado Boulder and a leader in precision measurement and ultracold atom research, has been named a 2026 Wolf Prize laureate in Physics. The Wolf Prize is one of the most prestigious international awards in science, often seen as a precursor to the Nobel Prize. Congratulations have poured in from the scientific community.
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Physicist Jun Ye, a researcher at the US National Institute of Standards and Technology known for work on atomic clocks and ultracold atoms, has been named a recipient of the 2026 Wolf Prize in Physics. The Wolf Prize is one of the most prestigious international awards in science, and the announcement is drawing attention across the physics community.
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Physicists report a tabletop experiment using ultracold atoms to simulate the creation of particles, mimicking processes normally associated with quantum fields in extreme environments such as the early universe. By controlling atoms cooled to near absolute zero, researchers can reproduce conditions where quantum fluctuations turn into real excitations. The work, published by the American Physical Society, offers a new way to test fundamental physics that is otherwise out of reach of direct experiments.