It's not mentioned directly in the article; but I think some of the prize-winning discoveries were excellent:
"Leaning to the Left Makes the Eiffel Tower Seem Smaller"; and the peace prize for converting spent Russian ammunitions into diamonds especially. The physics prize went to Joseph Keller, Raymond Goldstein, Patrick Warren, and Robin Ball, for "calculating the balance of forces that shape and move the hair in a human ponytail".
"Leaning to the Left Makes the Eiffel Tower Seem Smaller"; and the peace prize for converting spent Russian ammunitions into diamonds especially. The physics prize went to Joseph Keller, Raymond Goldstein, Patrick Warren, and Robin Ball, for "calculating the balance of forces that shape and move the hair in a human ponytail".