Nobel Prize

Eleonora Svanberg, a PhD student in mathematics at the University of Oxford, sits down with 2025 physics laureate John Martinis for a conversation about curiosity, discovery and the future of quantum technology. Martinis reflects on the choices that led him to exploring quantum mechanical behaviour and discusses his groundbreaking work – conducted with co-laureates Michel…

Interview with the 2025 Nobel Prize laureate in physics John Martinis on 6 December 2025 during Nobel Week in Stockholm, Sweden. Can you tell us about your childhood?   John Martinis: Both my parents did not go to college. My father was a fireman, which actually is a very technical occupation where you have to know…

SLAC’s Burton Richter and MIT’s Samuel Ting at a SLAC symposium in 1984, celebrating the 10th anniversary of the J/psi discovery. On 11 November, 1974, two research teams announced they had independently of each other discovered a new subatomic particle, J/psi. While the teams performed their experiments, the J/psi popped up as a bump in…

Artist: Sofia GisbergPhoto reproduction: © Musée Curie (coll. ACJC)© The Nobel Foundation 1903

Artist: Sofia GisbergPhoto reproduction: © Musée Curie (coll. ACJC)© The Nobel Foundation 1903

Video from the award ceremony Watch a video clip of Michel H. Devoret receiving his Nobel Prize medal and diploma during the award ceremony at Konserthuset Stockholm, Sweden, on 10 December 2025.

Award ceremony video Watch a video clip of John Clarke receiving his Nobel Prize medal and diploma during the award ceremony at Konserthuset Stockholm, Sweden, on 10 December 2025.

Video from the award ceremony Watch a video clip of John M. Martinis receiving his Nobel Prize medal and diploma during the award ceremony at Konserthuset Stockholm, Sweden, on 10 December 2025.

Interview with the 2024 physics laureate Geoffrey Hinton, recorded on 6 December 2024 during Nobel Week in Stockholm, Sweden. How did you first learn about your Nobel Prize?  Geoffrey Hinton: I was more or less asleep in a hotel room in California, and I had by phone upside down on the bedside table with the…

Interview with the 2024 physics laureate John J. Hopfield, recorded on 6 December 2024 during Nobel Week in Stockholm, Sweden. How big a role did physics play in your childhood?  John J. Hopfield: I don’t know if you have children, but young children learn what their parents do. Parents do something highly visible, a fireman…