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Devoret Wins Nobel for Groundbreaking Quantum Computing Breakthrough

12/14/2025

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Michel H. Devoret, physicist, won the 2025 Nobel Prize in Physics for his work on quantum mechanics dating back more than 40 years.
While at the University of California, Berkeley, he demonstrated that quantum properties could be observed in visible electrical circuits.
Recently, Devoret and his team at Google reported that the quantum computer executed an algorithm 13,000 times faster than a supercomputer.
That performance could revolutionize drug discovery and material design.

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Michel H. Devoret, physicist, won the 2025 Nobel Prize in Physics for his work on quantum mechanics dating back more than 40 years.
While at the University of California, Berkeley, he demonstrated that quantum properties could be observed in visible electrical circuits.
Recently, Devoret and his team at Google reported that the quantum computer executed an algorithm 13,000 times faster than a supercomputer.
That performance could revolutionize drug discovery and material design.