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The Gravity Research Foundation is an organization established in 1948 by businessman Roger Babson (founder of Babson College) to find ways to implement gravitational shielding. Over time, the foundation turned away from trying to block gravity and began trying to understand it. It holds an annual contest rewarding essays by scientific researchers on gravity-related topics. The contest, which awards prizes of up to $4,000, has been won by at least six people who later won the Nobel Prize in physics.

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  • منظمة أبحاث الجاذبية (ar)
  • Gravity Research Foundation (en)
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  • مؤسسة أبحاث الجاذبية هي منظمة أنشئت عام 1948 من قبل رجل الأعمال روجر بابسون مؤسس كلية بابسون. لإيجاد طرق لتنفيذ التدريع ضد الجاذبية (Gravitational shielding). مع الوقت، توقفت المؤسسة عن محاولة منع الجاذبية وبدأت في محاولة فهمها. تقيم المؤسسة منافسة سنوية لمكافأة المقالات المكتوبة من قبل الباحثين العلماء عن مواضيع متعلقة بالجاذبية. فاز بهذه الجائزة ستة أشخاص على الأقل حصلوا لاحقا على جائزة نوبل للفيزياء. المؤسسة أقامت مؤتمرات وأجرت عمليات في مدينة نيو بوسطن في نيو هامبشاير خلال أواخر الستينات (1960)، ولكن ذلك الجانب من علميتها انتهى بوفاة بابسون في عام (1967). (ar)
  • The Gravity Research Foundation is an organization established in 1948 by businessman Roger Babson (founder of Babson College) to find ways to implement gravitational shielding. Over time, the foundation turned away from trying to block gravity and began trying to understand it. It holds an annual contest rewarding essays by scientific researchers on gravity-related topics. The contest, which awards prizes of up to $4,000, has been won by at least six people who later won the Nobel Prize in physics. (en)
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  • Gravity Research Center (en)
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