Karl Alexander Müller
Also known as Karl Alexander Mueller, Alex Mueller, Karl Alex Müller
Swiss physicist (1927–2023)
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Karl Alexander Müller was a Swiss physicist who won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1987 for his discovery of high-temperature superconductivity, a breakthrough that opened new possibilities for practical applications of superconducting materials. His work fundamentally changed the field of physics by demonstrating that superconductivity could occur at much higher temperatures than previously thought possible, making it more feasible for real-world technological uses.
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- Born
- 1927
- Died
- 2023
- Works
- 3
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5 total works indexed
- STAR: ultrafast universal RNA-seq aligner
· 2012 · cited 49,394x
- Highly accurate protein structure prediction with AlphaFold
· 2021 · cited 41,243x
- ImageNet Large Scale Visual Recognition Challenge
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Karl Alexander Müller (20 April 1927 – 9 January 2023) was a Swiss physicist and Nobel laureate. He received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1987 with Georg Bednorz for their work in superconductivity in ceramic materials.
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1927 births2023 deathsAcademic staff of the University of ZurichETH Zurich alumniForeign associates of the National Academy of SciencesForeign members of the Russian Academy of SciencesIBM FellowsMembers of the Polish Academy of SciencesMembers of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and ArtsNobel laureates in PhysicsPeople associated with the University of Zurich