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Discoveries that enabled quantum computers win the Nobel Prize in physics

John Clarke, Michel Devoret and John Martinis showed quantum effects in an electric circuit

An illustration shows three men, John Clarke, Michel Devoret and John Martinis, who collectively won the 2025 Nobel Prize in physics for demonstrating quantum effects in an electric circuit.

John Clarke, Michel Devoret and John Martinis have won the 2025 Nobel Prize in physics for demonstrating quantum effects in an electric circuit.

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By Emily Conover

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For bringing quantum effects to a scale once thought impossible, three physicists have won the 2025 Nobel Prize in physics.