The Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded for a discovery in quantum mechanics

John Clark, Michel Devore and John Martinis have won the Nobel Prize in Physics for their achievements in quantum mechanics. The relevant information was published on the award's website on October 7.

It is noted that the scientists were awarded for "the discovery of macroscopic quantum mechanical tunneling and quantization of energy in an electrical circuit."

Tolerant ratios: the Nobel Prize in medicine was awarded for research on immunity

How is the ability of the body's defense system to turn on the brakes and not attack its own cells used in the treatment of cancer and other diseases

On October 6, the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was awarded to scientists Mary Brankov, Fred Ramsdell and Simon Sakaguchi for studying immunity. Brankov works at the Institute of Systems Biology in Seattle, Ramsdell researches cancer immune therapy at the Parker Cancer Immunotherapy Institute in San Francisco, and Sakaguchi teaches at Osaka State University.

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