This year’s Nobel Prize in Physics has been awarded to three American scientists John Clarke, Michel Devoret, and John M. Martinis all researchers at the University of California. The announcement was made on Tuesday (Bangladesh time, afternoon) by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in Stockholm, Sweden.
The trio received the world’s most prestigious recognition in physics for their groundbreaking work titled “Microscopic Quantum Mechanical Tunneling and Energy Quantization in an Electric Circuit.” Their pioneering research has opened new frontiers in quantum cryptography, quantum computing, and quantum sensing technologies.
According to the Nobel Committee, the prize money of 11 million Swedish kronor (approximately 954,000 USD) will be shared equally among the three laureates.
To date, 226 scientists have received the Nobel Prize in Physics. With this year’s award, Clarke, Devoret, and Martinis become the 227th group of laureates. Notably, John Bardeen remains the only individual to have won the Physics Nobel twice, both times jointly.
It is worth mentioning that on Monday, the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was announced. This year’s award went jointly to Mary E. Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell, and Shimon Sakaguchi.
Source: Al Jazeera