John Clarke, Michel H Devoret and John M Martinis win Nobel Prize in Physics 2025

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The Nobel Prize in Physics 2025 has been awarded to John Clarke, Michel H Devoret and John M Martinis “for the discovery of macroscopic quantum mechanical tunnelling and energy quantisation in an electric circuit.”

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The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the 2025 #NobelPrize in Physics to John Clarke, Michel H. Devoret and John M. Martinis “for the discovery of macroscopic quantum mechanical tunnelling and energy quantisation in an electric circuit.” pic.twitter.com/XkDUKWbHpz

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The Nobel Prize in Physics recognises contributions that have fundamentally advanced human understanding of the natural world.

The prize was announced by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences at their session hall in Stockholm, continuing the prestigious tradition of celebrating outstanding achievements in the field of physics.

The Nobel Prize in Physics 2024 was awarded jointly to John J. Hopfield and Geoffrey Hinton "for foundational discoveries and inventions that enable machine learning with artificial neural networks".

The Nobel Prize week commenced on Monday with the announcement of the award in Physiology or Medicine to Mary E. Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell, and Shimon Sakaguchi for groundbreaking discoveries that explain how the body’s immune system is kept in check to prevent it from attacking its own organs.