Coverage dated October 6, 2025

Nobel Prize in physics goes to three scientists who discovered bizarre quantum effect on large scales

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The 2025 Nobel Prize in Physics 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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  1. Live Science

    Nobel Prize in physics goes to three scientists who discovered bizarre quantum effect on large scales (opens Live Science)

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    The 2025 Nobel Prize in Physics 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."

  2. CNN

    Trio of physicists win Nobel Prize for revealing ‘bizarre properties’ of the quantum world (opens CNN)

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    The 2025 Nobel Prize in physics has been awarded to a trio of scientists – a Briton, a Frenchman and an American – for their ground-breaking discoveries in the field of quantum mechanics.

  3. ABC 11 Raleigh

    3 scientists at US universities win Nobel Prize in physics for advancing quantum technology (opens ABC 11 Raleigh)

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    Their research took the seeming contradictions of the subatomic world and brought it to a more human scale.

  4. The Guardian

    Nobel prize in physics awarded to three scientists for work on quantum mechanics (opens The Guardian)

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    Trio led experiments demonstrating that bizarre properties of quantum world can translate into measurable effects in the everyday

  5. Boston

    Nobel Prize in Physics goes to 3 scientists whose work advanced quantum technology (opens Boston)

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    John Clarke, Michel H. Devoret and John M. Martinis won the Nobel Prize in Physics for research on seemingly obscure quantum tunneling.

  6. NPR

    The Nobel Prize for physics is awarded for discoveries in quantum mechanical tunneling (opens NPR)

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    The Nobel committee said that the laureates' work provides opportunities to develop "the next generation of quantum technology, including quantum cryptography, quantum computers, and quantum sensors."

  7. The Boston Globe

    Three scientists at US universities earn Nobel Prize in physics for advancing quantum technology (opens The Boston Globe)

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    Their work took the seeming contradictions of the subatomic world and applied them in the more traditional physics of digital devices.

  8. The Conversation US

    Nobel physics prize awarded for pioneering experiments that paved the way for quantum computers (opens The Conversation US)

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    The quantum tunnelling effect is where a particle can pass through a barrier and appear on the other side.

  9. NBC4 Washington

    Nobel Prize in physics goes to trio of California scientists for discoveries in quantum mechanics (opens NBC4 Washington)

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    John Clarke, Michel H. Devoret, and John M. Martinis have won the Nobel Prize in Physics for their research into quantum mechanical tunneling.

  10. The Santa Barbara Independent

    UC Santa Barbara Physics Professors John Martinis and Michel Devoret Win 2025 Nobel Prize in Physics (opens The Santa Barbara Independent)

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    Selected for the honor alongside UC Berkeley physicist and former advisor John Clarke, they were lauded for work that, according to the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, “revealed quantum physics in action.”

  11. NBC News

    Nobel Physics prize awarded to U.S.-based trio for discoveries in quantum mechanics (opens NBC News)

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    Three U.S.-based scientists were awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics on Tuesday for their discoveries in quantum mechanics.

  12. Al Jazeera

    Nobel Prize in Physics awarded to trio for quantum mechanics discoveries (opens Al Jazeera)

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    Quantum mechanics is the “foundation of all digital technology”, notes the chair of the Nobel Committee for Physics.

  13. Deutsche Welle

    Nobel Prize in physics goes to trio of US-based scientists – DW (opens Deutsche Welle)

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    John Clarke, Michel Devoret and John Martinis have won the 2025 physics Nobel Prize for work in quantum mechanics. It is the second Nobel prize to be awarded so far this year.

  14. Phys

    Observing quantum weirdness in our world: Nobel physics explained (opens Phys)

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    The Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded to three scientists on Tuesday for discovering that a bizarre barrier-defying phenomenon in the quantum realm could be observed on an electrical circuit in our classical world.

  15. Scientific American

    This Year’s Nobel Prize in Physics Is Awarded to Three Scientists for Work in Quantum Mechanics (opens Scientific American)

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    John Clarke, Michel H. Devoret and John M. Martinis shared the 2025 Nobel Prize in Physics for their work showing how bizarre microscopic quantum effects can infiltrate our large-scale, everyday world

  16. Philadelphia Inquirer

    Nobel Prize in physics goes to three scientists whose work advanced quantum technology (opens Philadelphia Inquirer)

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    John Clarke, Michel H. Devoret and John M. Martinis won the Nobel Prize in physics.

  17. Southern Minnesota

    Three scientists at US universities win Nobel Prize in physics for advancing quantum technology (opens Southern Minnesota)

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    STOCKHOLM (AP) — Three scientists won the Nobel Prize in physics Tuesday for research on the strange behavior of subatomic particles called quantum tunneling that enabled the ultra-sensitive measurements achieved

  18. Los Angeles Times

    Three University of California scientists win Nobel Prize in Physics for quantum computing advances (opens Los Angeles Times)

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    It is the 119th time the prize has been awarded. Last year, artificial intelligence pioneers John Hopfield and Geoffrey Hinton won the physics prize for helping create the building blocks of machine learning.

  19. Science News

    Discoveries that enabled quantum computers win the Nobel Prize in physics (opens Science News)

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    In the 1980s, John Clarke, Michel Devoret and John Martinis demonstrated quantum effects in an electric circuit, an advance that underlies today’s quantum computers.

  20. New Hampshire Union Leader

    Nobel physics prize goes to pioneers of quantum mechanics (opens New Hampshire Union Leader)

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    STOCKHOLM - U.S.-based scientists John Clarke, Michel Devoret and John Martinis won the 2025 Nobel Prize in Physics for "experiments that revealed quantum physics in action," paving the way for

  21. CBS News

    Nobel Prize in Physics goes to 3 scientists based in U.S. for work on quantum technology (opens CBS News)

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    One of 2025's three Nobel Prize in Physics winners says the trio's work is "one of the underlying reasons that cellphones work.''

  22. Engadget

    Google's Michel Devoret is one of the 2025 winners of the Nobel Prize in Physics (opens Engadget)

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    A chief scientist at Google was one of three people awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics for his work in quantum computing.

  23. UPI

    U.S.-based scientists win Nobel Prize in physics for work in quantum mechanics (opens UPI)

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    Three U.S.-based scientists won the Nobel Prize in physics for their work in quantum mechanics on a macroscopic scale, the Nobel Foundation announced Tuesday.

  24. Phys

    Nobel Prize for physics goes to 3 scientists for discoveries in quantum mechanical tunneling (opens Phys)

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    Phys's feed description

    John Clarke, Michel H. Devoret and John M. Martinis won the Nobel Prize in Physics on Tuesday for research into quantum mechanical tunneling.

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