Nobel Prize

From SLUGs to macroscopic quantum phenomena John Clarke delivered his Nobel Prize lecture on 8 December 2025 at the Aula Magna, Stockholm University. He was introduced by Olle Eriksson, Chair of the Nobel Committee for Physics.

Although still in its early stages, quantum computing is advancing rapidly, along with quantum technologies as a whole. Nobel Prize-awarded work on entangled quantum states and quantum mechanical tunnelling were driving forces behind this progress. Applications of quantum technologies are anticipated to improve our daily lives and contribute to solving global challenges. Quantum mechanics underpins…

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Portrait of Simon van der Meer taken in February 1990. Simon van der Meer in front of the antiproton accumulator. A toast from Carlo Rubbia (right) to the discovery of the W and Z particles, for which he and Simon van der Meer (middle) were awarded the physics prize. Simon van der Meer (left) and…

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John M. Martinis receiving his Nobel Prize from H.M. King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden at Konserthuset Stockholm on 10 December 2025. John M. Martinis lecturing at the Aula Magna, Stockholm University, 8 December 2025. The three 2025 physics laureates after delivering their Nobel Prize lectures on 8 December 2025 at the Aula Magna, Stockholm…

Michel H. Devoret receiving his Nobel Prize from H.M. King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden at Konserthuset Stockholm on 10 December 2025. Michel H. Devoret lecturing at the Aula Magna, Stockholm University, 8 December 2025. The three 2025 physics laureates John Clarke, Michel H. Devoret and John M. Martinis after delivering their Nobel Prize lectures…

First reactions. Telephone interview, October 2025 “My wife is very kind to me, so she didn’t wake me up for a couple of hours.” John Martinis talks about the excitement of learning how to investigate problems with his co-laureates and , four decades ago, and how that experience taught him what to aim for when…

John Clarke receiving his Nobel Prize from H.M. King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden at Konserthuset Stockholm on 10 December 2025. John Clarke lecturing at the Aula Magna, Stockholm University, 8 December 2025. The three 2025 physics laureates John Clarke, Michel H. Devoret and John M. Martinis after delivering their Nobel Prize lectures on 8…

First reactions. Telephone interview with John Clarke, October 2025 “None of this work would have happened without the two of them.” In this interview shortly after the prize announcement, the new physics laureate John Clarke is still stunned by the news. He praises his co-laureates John Martinis and Michel Devoret, whom he worked together with…