Editing 1948 in science (section)

==Physics==
* April 1 – Physicists [[Ralph Asher Alpher]] and [[George Gamow]] publish the [[Alpher–Bethe–Gamow paper]] about the [[Big Bang]].<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Alpher |first1=R. A. |first2=H. |last2=Bethe |authorlink2=Hans Bethe |first3=G. |last3=Gamow |date=1948-04-01 |title=The Origin of Chemical Elements |journal=[[Physical Review]] |volume=73 |issue=7 |pages=803–804 |doi=10.1103/PhysRev.73.803 |bibcode=1948PhRv...73..803A |doi-access=free }}</ref>
* May 29 – [[Casimir effect]] predicted by Dutch physicist [[Hendrik Casimir]].<ref>{{cite journal|last=Casimir|first=H. B. G.|date=1948|title=On the attraction between two perfectly conducting plates|url=https://www.dwc.knaw.nl/DL/publications/PU00018547.pdf|journal=Proc. Kon. Ned. Akad. Wet.|volume=51|pages=793}}</ref>
* [[Herbert Fröhlich]] makes a key breakthrough in understanding [[superconductivity]], at the [[University of Liverpool]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Science Places Liverpool|url=http://www.scienceplaces.org/liverpool/liverpool_list.html|year=2008|accessdate=2011-03-20}}</ref>