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My favourite Nobel prize: opening a new chapter in low-temperature physics

04 Oct 2019 Michael Banks

With the 2019 Nobel Prize for Physics due to be announced on Tuesday 8 October, Physics World journalists pick their favourite Nobel awards from the past. Here Michael Banks argues the case for the 1913 prize for liquifying helium

Image of CERN's cryogenic system
Cold as ice: liquid helium is a crucial component to many big-science facilities including CERN's Large Hadron Collider where it is used to chill the collider's superconducting magnets (Courtesy: CERN)
Liquid helium is an essential component in experimental physics. It is used to chill materials to ne

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Michael Banks is news editor of Physics World magazine
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