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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. Why US flag? by cycler · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Now this might be petty but as a Swede it would be fun to poke at US nationalists a little :)

    My questions is frankly; Why is there a US flag on this story? Yes, one of the scientist is from the US but the other is French.
    Not withstanding the fact that the Nobel Prize is Swedish.

    (This /. so I don't think there is anyone here that doesn't know were the Nobel Prize comes from)

    /C

    1. Re:Why US flag? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Insightful

      In the US, people think that patriotism is a virtue.

    2. Re:Why US flag? by Kidbro · · Score: 3, Insightful

      No, but it does have a science icon, which would have been more fitting. This is primarily a story about physics, not one about what happens in the US.

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