U.S.-based scientists win Nobel Prize in physics
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UC Berkeley emeritus professor John Clarke, UC Santa Barbara professor Michel H. Devoret and UC Santa Barbara professor John M. Martinis were awarded the 2025 Nobel Prize in physics for their contributions to macroscopic quantum tunneling.
Clarke discussed the importance of federal funding – the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory paid for much of his research and equipment – at a time when the Trump Administration is making
Ryotatsu Yanagimoto, a scientist at NTT Research, led the research under the supervision of Peter L. McMahon, an associate professor at Cornell University. The paper, " Programmable On-Chip Nonlinear Photonics ," was published by leading scientific journal Nature online on Oct. 8, 2025. It will be published in print by Nature on Nov. 13, 2025.