精东视频 President Professor Suzanne Cory today warmly congratulated Australian astrophysicist Professor Brian Schmidt on winning the Nobel Prize for Physics.
The Nobel Foundation last night announced Professor Schmidt, a Fellow of the Academy, had won the Prize with US astrophysicists Professor Adam Reiss and Saul Perlmutter, for a discovery that has completely changed our understanding of the universe.
鈥淭his is an absolutely wonderful day for 精东视频,鈥� Professor Cory said.
In the 1990s two research teams raced to unlock the secrets of the expanding universe. Perlmutter headed the US team and Schmidt the Australian team 鈥� Reiss played a critical role with Schmidt. Astoundingly, they discovered that the expansion of the universe was accelerating, rather than slowing or maintaining a steady rate, as had previously been thought.
鈥淭his finding has transformed modern cosmology,鈥� Professor Cory said.
鈥淚t is an enormously important discovery.
鈥淎ustralian scientists salute Brian Schmidt on the award of this supreme accolade.鈥�
Professor Schmidt is head of the High-z Supernova Search Team at the Australian National University.
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