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French scientist Serge Haroche and American David Wineland have won the 2012 Nobel Prize for physics for work in quantum physics.
The Royal Swedish Academy says the two opened the door to a new era of experimentation with quantum physics by demonstrating the direct observation of individual quantum particles without destroying them. The award carries a prize of 8 million crowns, or 1.2 million US dollars.
Physics is the second of this year’s crop of awards. The prizes for ahievements in science, literature and peace, were first awarded in 1901. They were set up in accordance with the will of Swedish dynamite millionaire Alfred Nobel.
Photos of the 2012 Nobel Prize for Physics laureates Serge Haroche (L) of France and David
Wineland from the U.S. are displayed on a screen during a ceremony in Stockholm, Sweden, on
Oct. 9, 2012. France's Serge Haroche and David J. Wineland from the United States on
Tuesday won the 2012 Nobel Prize in Physics for their work on interaction between light and
matter. (Xinhua/Liu Yinan)
Experts of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences present the discoveries of the two Nobel
Prize for Physics laureates during a ceremony in Stockholm, Sweden, on Oct. 9, 2012.
France's Serge Haroche and David J. Wineland from the United States on Tuesday won the 2012
Nobel Prize in Physics for their work on interaction between light and matter. (Xinhua/Liu
Yinan)
Staffan Normark, Permanent Secretary of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, announces
the winners of the 2012 Nobel Prize in Physics in Stockholm, Sweden, on Oct. 9, 2012.
France's Serge Haroche and David J. Wineland from the United States on Tuesday won the 2012
Nobel Prize in Physics for their work on interaction between light and matter. (Xinhua/Liu
Yinan)
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