US Edition3 Scientists at US Universities Win Nobel Prize in Physics for Advancing Quantum Technology
Three American scientists won the Nobel Prize in Physics for pioneering quantum tunneling research that underpins advances in computing, digital communications, and MRI technology.
- Tuesday's Nobel announcement named John Clarke, Michel H. Devoret and John M. Martinis as laureates for discoveries in subatomic quantum tunneling, with the ceremony scheduled for Dec. 10.
- Their experiments translated quantum contradictions into demonstrations at a human scale, and mid-1980s research provided a crucial building block for quantum mechanics technologies.
- Practical impacts include better cellphones, faster computers, and ultra-sensitive MRI machines, while the work also lays groundwork for quantum computing, a future goal cited by John M. Martinis.
- The prize includes 11 million Swedish kronor ; John Clarke said he was stunned, while John M. Martinis was still asleep when Associated Press reporters called.
- Experts note the research could advance cryptography and sensors for faint phenomena, while quantum computing remains a longer-term goal with some aspects still eight to 10 years away.
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3 Scientists at US Universities Win Nobel Prize in Physics for Advancing Quantum Technology
STOCKHOLM—Three scientists won the Nobel Prize in physics Tuesday for research on the strange behavior of subatomic particles called quantum tunneling that enables the ultra-sensitive measurements achieved by MRI machines and lays the groundwork for better cellphones and faster computers. The work by John Clarke, Michel H. Devoret, and John M. Martinis, who work at American universities, took the seeming contradictions of the subatomic world—whe…
Three scientists awarded Nobel Prize in Physics for advancing quantum technology
Three scientists have won the Nobel Prize in physics for research on the strange behavior of subatomic particles called quantum tunneling. The results are just starting to appear in advanced technology and could pave the way for the development of supercharged computing.
3 scientists at US universities win Nobel Prize in physics for advancing quantum technology
Three scientists at American universities have won the Nobel Prize in physics for research on subatomic quantum tunneling that lays the groundwork for better cellphones and faster computers and makes possible the kind of ultra-sensitive measurements achieved by MRI machines.
Three University of California scientists win Nobel Prize in Physics for quantum computing advances
It is the 119th time the prize has been awarded. Last year, artificial intelligence pioneers John Hopfield and Geoffrey Hinton won the physics prize for helping create the building blocks of machine learning.
This year, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences awards research that moves quantum phenomena to a visible scale.
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