Nobel Prize in Physics 2025 Awarded for Macroscopic Quantum Phenomena Discovery
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The 2025 Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded to John Clarke, Michel H. Devoret, and John M. Martinis for their groundbreaking work demonstrating that quantum mechanical phenomena can be observed at macroscopic scales. Their experiments showed that quantum properties like tunneling and energy quantization can be made concrete in systems large enough to be held in the hand, bridging the gap between the microscopic quantum world and our everyday macroscopic reality.
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The Nobel Prize in Physics 2025 was 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.'
Quantum properties on a human scale
The Nobel Prize in Physics 2025 was 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.”
