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Three scientists Alain Aspect, John F Clauser and Anton Zeilinger have jointly won this year’s Nobel Prize in Physics on Tuesday for their work on quantum information science that has significant applications, for example in the field of encryption.
Clauser, Aspect and Zeilinger have figured in Nobel speculation for more than a decade.
In 2010 they won the Wolf Prize in Israel, seen as a possible precursor to the Nobel.
They were cited by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences for discovering the way that particles known as photons can be linked, or “entangled,” with each other even when they are separated by large distances, reports AP.
“Quantum information science is a vibrant and rapidly developing field,” said Eva Olsson, a member of the Nobel committee.
He said, “It has broad and potential implications in areas such as secure information transfer, quantum computing and sensing technology.”
Speaking by phone to a news conference after the announcement, Zeilinger said he was “still kind of shocked” at hearing he had received the award.
“But it’s a very positive shock,” said Zeilinger, 77, who is based at the University of Vienna.
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