Indian scientists were co-awardees of the 2025 Breakthrough Prize for their work with which CERN experiment?
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Correct answer: A
Explanation
Solution: The correct answer is ALICE and CMS.
Explanation:
☛ Indian researchers and scientists were named co-recipients of the 2025 Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics.
☛ This honor was conferred for their significant contributions to the ALICE (A Large Ion Collider Experiment) and CMS (Compact Muon Solenoid) experiments at CERN's Large Hadron Collider (LHC).
☛ Over 100 Indian scientists from premier institutes like TIFR, BARC, SINP, and various IITs and Universities participated in these mega-science collaborations.
☛ The Breakthrough Prize, recognized globally as the "Oscars of Science", celebrates pathbreaking achievements in physics, life sciences, and mathematics.
Extra Exam-Relevant Facts:
☛ CERN: The European Organization for Nuclear Research is headquartered near Geneva, Switzerland, and was founded in 1954.
☛ Large Hadron Collider (LHC): It is the world's largest and highest-energy particle accelerator, instrumental in the discovery of the Higgs Boson (God Particle) in 2012.
☛ SOFIA: Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy was an airborne observatory operated jointly by NASA and the German Space Agency (DLR).
☛ Voyager: A space exploration program consisting of Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 probes launched by NASA in 1977 to study the outer Solar System and interstellar space.
Important One-Liners for Upcoming Exams:
☛ Where is the headquarters of CERN located? → Geneva, Switzerland
☛ Which subatomic particle was discovered at CERN's LHC in July 2012? → Higgs Boson
☛ Who was the Indian physicist after whom the 'Boson' particle is named? → Satyendra Nath Bose
☛ In which year was the Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics founded? → 2012
☛ When did India officially become an Associate Member of CERN? → January 2017