2023 Nobel Prize in Physics awarded to 3 scientists who helped 'see atoms in action'

“The laureates’ research has produced light pulses so short that they are measured in attoseconds, thus demonstrating that these pulses can be used to provide images of processes inside atoms and molecules,” the awarding body said in a statement on Tuesday.

The three scientists who won the 2023 Nobel Prize in Physics were announced at the Royal Academy of Sciences in Stockholm, Sweden. Photo: TT News Agency

The Nobel Prize in Physics, announced in the Swedish capital Stockholm on Tuesday morning local time, is the second Nobel prize to be announced in the 2023 Nobel season, following the Nobel Prizes in Physiology or Medicine announced on Monday.

Specifically, the medicine award went to Katalin Kariko and Drew Weissman, researchers in mRNA (messenger RNA) technology, which helped quickly create an effective COVID-19 vaccine, helping to stop the pandemic and save millions of lives.

The chemistry, literature and peace prizes are scheduled to be awarded on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday in Stockholm respectively. The economics prize will be announced on October 9.

Last year, Alain Aspect, John Clauser and Anton Zeilinger won the 2022 Nobel Prize in Physics for their work on “quantum entanglement,” in which two particles are linked regardless of the distance between them, something that even Albert Einstein worried about and called them “ghost particles.”

The Nobel Prizes were established in the 1895 will of the Swedish dynamite inventor and wealthy businessman Alfred Nobel. The Economics Prize, established in 1968, is the only Nobel Prize not included in the will.

The winner will receive a Nobel Prize diploma, a gold medal, and a cash prize that has just been increased to around $1 million. Each diploma is a unique work of art, created by Swedish and Norwegian artists and calligraphers.

The 2023 Nobel laureates will receive their awards at a formal ceremony on December 10.

Hoang Hai (according to Nobel Price, AJ, Reuters)

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