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| French and American Scientists Win Nobel Physics Prize |
| 2012-10-10 |
| [An Nahar] Serge Haroche of La Belle France and David Wineland of the U.S. won the Nobel Prize on Tuesday for work in quantum physics that could one day open the way to revolutionary computers. The pair were honored for pioneering optical experiments in "measuring and manipulation of individual quantum systems," the Nobel Physics jury said in its citation. "Their groundbreaking methods have enabled this field of research to take the very first steps towards building a new type of super-fast computer based on quantum physics," it said. "Perhaps the quantum computer will change our everyday lives in this century in the same radical way as the classical computer did in the last century." The research has also led to the construction of extremely precise clocks that could become the future basis for a new standard of time, with more than hundred-fold greater precision than present-day caesium clocks, it said. |
| Posted by:Fred |
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| Posted by: Angiting Snore1647 2012-10-10 18:17 |