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Nobel Physicist Chen Ning Yang Dies at 103

10/22/2025

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Chen Ning Yang, Nobel Prize-winning physicist, died on October 18, 2025, in Beijing at age 103.
He shared the 1957 Nobel Prize in Physics with Tsung-Dao Lee for parity violation in weak interactions.
Yang was born in Hefei, China, and studied at Tsinghua University.
He earned a PhD from the University of Chicago.
He developed the Yang-Mills theory, foundational to the Standard Model.

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Chen Ning Yang, Nobel Prize-winning physicist, died on October 18, 2025, in Beijing at age 103.
He shared the 1957 Nobel Prize in Physics with Tsung-Dao Lee for parity violation in weak interactions.
Yang was born in Hefei, China, and studied at Tsinghua University.
He earned a PhD from the University of Chicago.
He developed the Yang-Mills theory, foundational to the Standard Model.