Dalén

American  

[duh-layn, da-] / dəˈleɪn, dæ- /

noun

1. Gustaf 1869–1937, Swedish inventor: Nobel Prize in Physics 1912.

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Dalén British  

/ daˈleːn /

noun

1. Nils Gustaf. 1869–1937, Swedish engineer, inventor of an automatic light-controlled valve known as `Solventil'. Nobel prize for physics 1912

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Dalén

“Maybe 10 or 20 years from now,” says Dalén, who was not involved with the new work, “this will be a routine method used in all wildlife conservation.”

From Science Magazine ● Dec. 5, 2023

"The dataset we present could be seen as the first element of a road map towards resurrection," Dalén said.

From Reuters ● Apr. 7, 2023

Dr. Dalén noted that the nearest known mastodon fossils were 75,000-year-old remains in Nova Scotia — which are far younger than the Greenland DNA, and much farther south than Kap Kobenhavn.

From New York Times ● Dec. 7, 2022

I had always assumed the origins of the AGA stove were uniquely British, but this stalwart appliance was actually created about a century ago by blind Swedish physicist Gustaf Dalén, a Nobel Laureate.

From Salon ● Mar. 26, 2021

Nils Gustaf Dalén won the 1912 prize in physics for inventing a new kind of lighthouse valve that automatically switched off the beacon at sunrise.

From The Guardian ● Oct. 7, 2019

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