{"id":347600,"date":"2025-10-08T16:00:03","date_gmt":"2025-10-08T10:30:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=347600"},"modified":"2025-10-08T16:00:04","modified_gmt":"2025-10-08T10:30:04","slug":"nobel-prize-for-physics-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/nobel-prize-for-physics-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Nobel Prize for Physics 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>News:<\/strong> The 2025 Nobel Prize in Physics has been conferred upon three scientists for their groundbreaking experiments that turned quantum physics from a purely theoretical concept into practical, real-world technology.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify\">About Nobel Prize for Physics 2025<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_347621\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-347621\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-347621\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Source-Swedish-Academy-of-Science.jpg?resize=300%2C295&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"295\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Source-Swedish-Academy-of-Science.jpg?resize=300%2C295&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Source-Swedish-Academy-of-Science.jpg?resize=768%2C755&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Source-Swedish-Academy-of-Science.jpg?w=782&amp;ssl=1 782w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-347621\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source &#8211; Swedish Academy of Science<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify\">\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>Nobel Prize for Physics 2025<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> was awarded to <\/span><b>John Clarke, Michel Devoret, and John Martinis<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">They were honoured by the <\/span><b>Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Their work explored <\/span><b>quantum mechanics<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, the science of how very small particles behave.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">They studied <\/span><b>the strange phenomenon<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> called <\/span><b>\u201cquantum tunnelling\u201d<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, where particles can pass through barriers that should block them.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Normally,<\/span><b> tunnelling cannot be seen in large (macroscopic) objects<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> \u2014 only in tiny particles.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The <\/span><b>three scientists found a way to make<\/b> <b>many particles act together<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> so they could show tunnelling on a larger, observable scale.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><b>Experiments Conducted<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">They built an <\/span><b>electrical circuit<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> using <\/span><b>two superconductors<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> materials that let electricity flow with <\/span><b>no resistance<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Between these superconductors, they placed a <\/span><b>thin insulating layer<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> called a <\/span><b>Josephson junction<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, which doesn\u2019t normally conduct electricity.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Their experiments showed that the charged particles in the superconductors could act <\/span><b>together as one single \u201csuper-particle.\u201d<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">They demonstrated that this collective \u201cparticle\u201d could behave like an electric current\u00a0 <\/span><b>even without voltage.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Together, they successfully demonstrated <\/span><b>macroscopic quantum tunnelling<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The discovery shows how <\/span><b>quantum mechanics<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, even after 100 years, continues to offer <\/span><b>new surprises and great practical value<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, forming the <\/span><b>basis of all digital technology<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News: The 2025 Nobel Prize in Physics has been conferred upon three scientists for their groundbreaking experiments that turned quantum physics from a purely theoretical concept into practical, real-world technology. About Nobel Prize for Physics 2025 Nobel Prize for Physics 2025 was awarded to John Clarke, Michel Devoret, and John Martinis. 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