{"592699":{"#nid":"592699","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"LIGO Scientific Collaboration wins Princess of Asturias Award for Technical and Scientific Research","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.ligo.org\/about.php\u0022\u003ELaser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO)\u003C\/a\u003E, an international group\u0026nbsp;of scientists that includes Georgia Tech researchers, is being recognized for its recent work confirming\u0026nbsp;the existence of gravitational waves. The \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.fpa.es\/en\/\u0022\u003EPrincess of Asturias Foundation\u003C\/a\u003E, established by Spain\u0026#39;s monarchy to celebrate worldwide\u0026nbsp;achievement in the arts and sciences, has announced that LIGO and its founders\/principal investigators\u0026nbsp;will receive the Princess of Asturias Award for Science and Technical Achievement during ceremonies in October. The award puts LIGO in good company; previous winners include primatologist Jane Goodall, human genome pioneer\u0026nbsp;Craig Venter, Internet founding fathers Vinton Cerf and Tim Berners-Lee, and physicist\u0026nbsp;Peter Higgs (of Higgs boson fame.)\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.physics.gatech.edu\/user\/laura-cadonati\u0022\u003ELaura Cadonati\u003C\/a\u003E, School of Physics associate professor, is the deputy spokesperson for LIGO.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"34434","created_gmt":"2017-06-14 14:23:58","changed_gmt":"2017-06-14 17:36:29","author":"Renay San Miguel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"phased array systems","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"http:\/\/www.fpa.es\/en\/communication\/rainer-weiss-kip-s-thorne-and-barry-c-barish-and-ligo-scientific-collaboration-princess-of-asturias-award-for-technical-and-scientific-research.html?idCategoria=0\u0026fechaDesde\u0026especifica=0\u0026texto\u0026fechaHasta\u0026tipo=0","dateline":{"date":"2017-06-14T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2017-06-14T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"592333":{"id":"592333","type":"image","title":"Laura Cadonati","body":null,"created":"1496335703","gmt_created":"2017-06-01 16:48:23","changed":"1496335703","gmt_changed":"2017-06-01 16:48:23","alt":"","file":{"fid":"225753","name":"Laura Cadonati .jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Laura%20Cadonati%20.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Laura%20Cadonati%20.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":1565511,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/Laura%20Cadonati%20.jpg?itok=jgjairoa"}}},"media_ids":["592333"],"groups":[{"id":"1278","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"126011","name":"School of Physics"}],"categories":[{"id":"150","name":"Physics and Physical Sciences"}],"keywords":[{"id":"4896","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"166937","name":"School of Physics"},{"id":"120191","name":"Laura Cadonati"},{"id":"174581","name":"Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory"},{"id":"120161","name":"LIGO"},{"id":"174689","name":"Princess of Asturia Award"},{"id":"174690","name":"Princess of Asturia Foundation"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}