Stockholm, Oct 7 : Three physicists from England, France and U.S.A won the Nobel Prize in Physics for their research into quantum mechanical tunneling, on Tuesday.

The winners, John Clarke, Michel H. Devoret, and John M. Martinis, will be formally awarded the prize at a ceremony on December 10, the anniversary of prize founder Alfred Nobel's death.

Olle Eriksson, Chair of the Nobel Committee for Physics, shared his views on this year’s decision, saying, “It is wonderful to be able to celebrate the way that century-old quantum mechanics continually offers new surprises. It is also enormously useful, as quantum mechanics is the foundation of all digital technology."

While emphasising the significance of the award to the three scientists and their discovery, Royal Swedish Academy in a pre

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