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Devoret Wins Nobel for Groundbreaking Quantum Circuit Discoveries

12/8/2025

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Michel H. Devoret, a physicist, won the 2025 Nobel Prize in Physics for experiments conducted over 40 years ago.
In mid-1980s at UC Berkeley, he showed quantum mechanics could be observed in visible electrical circuits.
The discovery has implications for future technologies, including quantum computers for drug discovery and encryption.
Devoret and his team at Google reported their quantum computer ran a new algorithm 13,000 times faster than a supercomputer.

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Michel H. Devoret, a physicist, won the 2025 Nobel Prize in Physics for experiments conducted over 40 years ago.
In mid-1980s at UC Berkeley, he showed quantum mechanics could be observed in visible electrical circuits.
The discovery has implications for future technologies, including quantum computers for drug discovery and encryption.
Devoret and his team at Google reported their quantum computer ran a new algorithm 13,000 times faster than a supercomputer.