The Birth of the Qubit - Inside the 2025 Physics Nobel Prize-Winning Discovery

About this episode

This episode explores the 2025 Nobel Prize in Physics and the implications of quantum mechanics on macroscopic objects.

In this episode of Subatomic Tanvi, we dive into the 2025 Nobel Prize in Physics! Tanvi explains how John Clarke, Michel Devoret, and John M. Martinis proved that the "weird" rules of quantum mechanics don't just apply to tiny atoms - they apply to the world we can see and touch. From the "smoking gun" test at absolute zero to the discovery that changed the future of quantum computing, learn how macroscopic quantum tunneling is paving the way for the next generation of technology.

People in this episode

Host: Subatomic Tanvi

Topics covered

• quantum mechanics
• quantum computing
• Nobel Prize
• macroscopic quantum tunneling
• technology

Keywords

• quantum mechanics
• qubit
• Nobel Prize
• quantum computing
• macroscopic quantum tunneling

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Books & works: The Birth of the Qubit

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