Nobel Prize in Physics 2025: Quantum Mechanics Transformed from Subatomic Particles to Chips

The Nobel Prize in Physics 2025 has been awarded to John Clarke, Michel H. Devoret, and John M. Martinis for their pioneering discovery of macroscopic quantum mechanical tunnelling and energy quantisation within electric circuits. In a revealing interview, Professor Göran Johansson, a committee member and leading quantum physicist, highlights how this breakthrough places quantum mechanics not only in the subatomic realm but onto engineered chips, allowing scientists to work with artificial atoms.

These advances stem from two landmark experiments in 1985, which proved quantum effects could be observed and controlled on-chip ushering in forty years of global research growth. Today, while practical quantum computers remain in development, this technology has revolutionized our understanding of quantum phenomena on a tangible scale and fostered rapid progress in quantum computing research.

Johansson underscores the historic impact of the laureates’ work and their connections to past physics luminaries, such as Brian Josephson. As the field continues to expand, this achievement is recognized as opening new horizons in both fundamental science and future technology.

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Interview with Prof. Göran Johansson, Nobel Committee for Physics 2025, Sharon Jåma (Nobel Prize Outreach), YouTube: “This brings quantum physics from the sub-atomic world onto this chip.” 2025 physics prize interview

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