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Einstein predicted them. Princeton scientists won the 1993 Nobel Physics Prize for indirectly demonstrating they exist.
But no one has directly detected gravitational waves, or "ripples" in the space-time continuum.
Andrea N. Lommen, assistant professor of physics and astronomy at Franklin and Marshall College, however, hopes to
change that. And she just won a highly competitive grant of $654,917 to do so.
The National Science Foundation recently selected Lommen as the recipient of a CAREER award
for her project, "Gravitational Wave Detection Using Pulsars."
The CAREER award is the NSF's most prestigious grant supporting early career development activities of teacher-scholars
who effectively integrate research and education in their projects. Only about 400 scientists receive the awards each year,
out of a pool of more than 2500 applicants.
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