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Nobel Prize in Physics Honors Pioneers of Quantum Technology

1/26/2026

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The Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded on October 7, 2025, to John Clarke, Michel H. Devoret, and John M. Martinis.
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences announced the award in Stockholm, Sweden.
The trio will share 11 million Swedish kronor for experiments in the 1980s demonstrating macroscopic quantum tunnelling in electrical circuits.
Their findings influenced quantum chip technology and laid the groundwork for superconducting qubits in quantum devices.

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The Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded on October 7, 2025, to John Clarke, Michel H. Devoret, and John M. Martinis.
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences announced the award in Stockholm, Sweden.
The trio will share 11 million Swedish kronor for experiments in the 1980s demonstrating macroscopic quantum tunnelling in electrical circuits.
Their findings influenced quantum chip technology and laid the groundwork for superconducting qubits in quantum devices.