Physics Nobel awarded to three scientists for work on quantum computing

Work on Quantum Tunneling In Electronic Circuits

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Physics Nobel: Three win prize for paving way for very powerful computers

The announcement was made by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in Stockholm.

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Nobel Prizes honor great discoveries — but leave much of science unseen

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Nobel Prizes honor great discoveries — but leave much of science unseen

The Nobel Prize might be the most famous science prize but it celebrates just a narrow slice of science and very few scientists.

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Making ranked lists can certainly be a convenient way to communicate and organize things, but it seems ridiculous to rank the significance of Nobel Prizes. As if the toxicity of prize culture, and all of the amazing discoveries and scientists that were overlooked over the years, isn't bad enough

The top five physics Nobel prizes of the 21st century revealed

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The top five physics Nobel prizes of the 21st century revealed – Physics World

Matin Durrani counts down the five most significant physics Nobels since 2000

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I haven't read their work so accept I might be missing a lot, but these optics are not great. As I understand this: three men (two white English, one Turkish) win the Nobel Prize for Economics for proving that colonies are poorer if colonial powers steal Indigenous wealth.

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Trio of professors win Nobel economics prize for work on post-colonial wealth

British-born Simon Johnson and James A Robinson and Turkish-American Daron Acemoğlu share £810,000 prize

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Shocking story about mRNA pioneer/Nobel winner Katalin Karikó, whose early advisor at Temple tried to have her deported & derailed her career because she dared to look for a better-paying job.

Later, UPenn demoted her, then forced her out, because her research wasn't bringing in enough funding. #NobelPrize #science [HT Paul Novosad]

The 2023 #NobelPrize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman for their discoveries concerning nucleoside base modifications that enabled the development of effective #mRNA #vaccines against COVID-19.

Despite all the known issues with these (& other) prizes, this one makes me particularly happy: it is extremely well deserved and (another) clear example of what basic science can do for humanity.

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The late, great #NobelPrize -winning chemist #GeorgeOlah was the Captain of ‘Team Hope’! We need more young chemists to follow in his footsteps!

“Chemical Eye 👁️ on Carbonated Air: From ‘Oh, Oh!’ to ‘O-la-lah’!” ⬇️

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