Physics
- BCS theory of superconductivity developed by John Bardeen, Leon Cooper, and Robert Schrieffer.
- B²FH, an astrophysics paper by the British astronomers Geoffrey Burbidge, Margaret Burbidge and Fred Hoyle and the American astronomer William Fowler, describes the synnthesis of the lightest elements through nuclear processes in stars.
- Rudolf Mössbauer discovers the Mössbauer effect.
- University of Liverpool cyclotron produces violation of charge conjugation symmetry.
- August - ZETA fusion reactor begins operation at the Atomic Energy Research Establishment, Harwell, Oxfordshire.
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