09/10/2012 17:23
Serge Haroche and David Wineland awarded Nobel Prize
This year's Nobel Prize in physics has been awarded to two researchers for their work with light and matter at the most fundamental level, the BBC reports.
Serge Haroche of France and David Wineland of the US will share the prize, worth 8m Swedish kronor (£750,000; $1.2m).
Their "quantum optics" work deals with single photons and ions, the basic units of light and matter.
It could lead to advanced modes of communication and computation.