From Dr Ben Miles.
The Nobel Prize in Physics 2025 was awarded jointly to John Clarke, Michel H. Devoret and John M. Martinis for the discovery of macroscopic quantum mechanical tunnelling. What on earth does that mean?
Source Article: https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/2025
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0:00 Nobel Prize 2025: Proving Size Doesn’t Matter
0:15 Quantum Tunneling Explained
1:37 Electrons on Wires
2:21 Quantum Tunneling on Josephson Junctions
3:52 Proving Quantum Happens at Large Scales
5:15 How We Know This Is Quantum, Not Thermal
6:01 Schrödinger’s Cat Is Alive
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