Nobel in physics goes to advances in quantum mechanics
US-based scientists John Clarke, Michel DeVeT and John Martinis won the 2025 Nobel Prize in Physics for “experiments that reveal quantum physics in action.”
“This year’s Nobel Prize in Physics has provided opportunities to develop next-generation quantum technology, including quantum cryptography, quantum computers and quantum sensors,” the award-winning body said in a statement on Tuesday. he said.
Laureates, of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, said he conducted experiments with both quantum mechanical tunnels and an electrical circuit in which they demonstrated quantified energy levels in a system large enough to be held by hand.
“My feelings are that I am completely stunned. Of course it never occurred to me that this could be the basis for the Nobel Prize,” Clarke told the Nobel Media Conference by phone.
British-born Clarke is a professor at the University of California at Berkeley in the United States.
Born in France, DeVoret is a professor at Yale University and the University of California at Santa Barbara in the United States, where Martinis is also a professor.
The Nobel Prize in Physics is awarded by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences and, as is usually the case, includes a total prize amount of 11 million Swedish krona ($A1.8 million) shared among the winners.
The Nobel Prizes were established by the will of Alfred Nobel, who amassed a fortune from his invention of dynamite.
Since 1901, with occasional interruptions, the awards have annually recognized achievements in science, literature, and peace.
The economy was then a plant.
Physics was the first category mentioned in Nobel’s will, possibly reflecting the importance of the field at the time.
Today, the Nobel Prize in Physics is considered the most prestigious award in the discipline.
Former winners of the Nobel Prize in Physics include some of the most influential figures in the History of Science, including Albert Einstein, Pierre and Marie Curie, Max Planck and Niels Bohr, pioneers of quantum theory.
Last year’s prize was won by US scientist John Hopfield and British-Canadian Geoffrey Hinton for breakthroughs in machine learning that are fueling the artificial intelligence boom, a development they have both expressed concern about.
In keeping with tradition, physics is the second Nobel Prize to be awarded this week, after two American and a Japanese scientists won the medicine prize for breakthroughs in understanding the immune system.
The Chemistry Prize will arrive on Wednesday.
The Prizes for Science, Literature and Economics were presented to the Laureates by the King of Sweden at a ceremony in Stockholm on 10 December, the anniversary of Alfred Nobel’s death, followed by a lavish banquet in the City Hall.
The Peace Prize, which will be announced on Friday, was awarded at a separate ceremony in Oslo.
