Nobel Prize for Physics rewards ‘groundbreaking’ quantum experiments

By The Christian Science Monitor
Tuesday, October 9, 2012 21:26 EDT
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Nobel Prize for Physics rewards 'groundbreaking' quantum experiments

A French and an American physicist are sharing the 2012 Nobel Prize in Physics for, in a sense, letting a cat out of the box. And not just any cat, but one that is dead and alive at the same time. Welcome to the odd world of quantum physics. Each winner independently demonstrated something long thought…


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