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Quantum Particle Work Wins Nobel For French, US Scientists

Posted by timothy on from the watch-them-blow-it-all-on-fancy-shoes dept.

thomst writes "Reuters is reporting that French scientist Serge Haroche and American David Wineland will share the 2012 Nobel Prize for Physics for their work on measuring quantum particles. (The article is very skimpy on details.)" The Associated Press article carried by the Washington Post is also quite thin, but along with the Reuters story says the Haroche and Wineland were selected for demonstrating "how to observe individual quantum particles without destroying them."

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  1. Schrodinger's cat by Metabolife · · Score: 5, Funny

    Ok, so now we can see the cat.. now how do we pet it?

    1. Re:Schrodinger's cat by r1348 · · Score: 4, Funny

      I really don't get all this fuss about Schrödinger's cat. Now they can finally observe it, and they found out it was dead. As anything else that has been in a box since 1935. Where do I get my Nobel?

    2. Re:Schrodinger's cat by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      Ok, so now we can see the cat.. now how do we pet it?

      I think, PETA condemns everything related to Schrodinger's cat. Including petting it.

  2. Poor Sheldon... by Bazman · · Score: 3, Funny

    ... they gave the prize to _experimental_ physicists!

  3. Details by hcs_$reboot · · Score: 1, Funny

    The article is very skimpy on details

    Oh yes, when it's about quantum physics, please bring a lot of details, with formulas and all... It'd help me to assess how low is my understanding of quantum physics...

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