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• 1901 Wilhelm Röntgen wins the Nobel Prize in Physics Nobel Prize in Physics 1901 Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen, for discovering X-rays — the first Nobel Prize in Physics ever awarded.
• 1902 Lorentz and Zeeman win the Nobel Prize in Physics Nobel Prize in Physics 1902 Hendrik Lorentz and Pieter Zeeman, for research into how magnetism affects radiation — the Zeeman effect.
• 1903 Marie Curie awarded Nobel Prize in Physics First woman to receive a Nobel Prize, shared for research on radioactivity On 10 December 1903, the Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded jointly to Marie Curie, Pierre Curie, and Henri Becquerel for their work on radioactivity. Marie Curie became the first woman to receive a Nobel Prize. She would go on to win a second Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1911.
• 1904 Lord Rayleigh wins the Nobel Prize in Physics Nobel Prize in Physics 1904 Lord Rayleigh (John William Strutt), for measuring the densities of gases and discovering argon.
• 1905 Philipp Lenard wins the Nobel Prize in Physics Nobel Prize in Physics 1905 Philipp Lenard, for his work on cathode rays.
• 1906 J. J. Thomson wins the Nobel Prize in Physics Nobel Prize in Physics 1906 Joseph John Thomson, for research on electrical conduction in gases — the work behind the discovery of the electron.
• 1907 Albert Michelson wins the Nobel Prize in Physics Nobel Prize in Physics 1907 Albert A. Michelson, for optical precision instruments and the measurements made with them — the first American physics laureate.
• 1908 Gabriel Lippmann wins the Nobel Prize in Physics Nobel Prize in Physics 1908 Gabriel Lippmann, for a method of colour photography based on light interference.
• 1909 Marconi and Braun win the Nobel Prize in Physics Nobel Prize in Physics 1909 Guglielmo Marconi and Karl Ferdinand Braun, for developing wireless telegraphy.
• 1910 Johannes van der Waals wins the Nobel Prize in Physics Nobel Prize in Physics 1910 Johannes Diderik van der Waals, for his equation of state for gases and liquids.
• 1911 Wilhelm Wien wins the Nobel Prize in Physics Nobel Prize in Physics 1911 Wilhelm Wien, for discovering the laws of heat radiation.
• 1912 Gustaf Dalén wins the Nobel Prize in Physics Nobel Prize in Physics 1912 Nils Gustaf Dalén, for automatic regulators for gas-lit lighthouses and buoys.
• 1913 Heike Kamerlingh Onnes wins the Nobel Prize in Physics Nobel Prize in Physics 1913 Heike Kamerlingh Onnes, for low-temperature research that produced liquid helium.
• 1914 Max von Laue wins the Nobel Prize in Physics Nobel Prize in Physics 1914 Max von Laue, for discovering the diffraction of X-rays by crystals. Announced only in November 1915.
• 1915 William and Lawrence Bragg win the Nobel Prize in Physics Nobel Prize in Physics 1915 William Henry Bragg and his son William Lawrence Bragg, for analysing crystal structure with X-rays. Lawrence, 25, is still the youngest science laureate.
• 1917 Charles Barkla wins the Nobel Prize in Physics Nobel Prize in Physics 1917 Charles Glover Barkla, for discovering the characteristic X-rays of the elements. Awarded in 1918 as the 1917 prize.
• 1918 Max Planck awarded Nobel Prize in Physics Physicist honoured for founding quantum theory Max Planck was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics for his discovery of energy quanta, work originally published in 1900 that laid the foundation for quantum theory. The award was announced during World War I, with the ceremony delayed by wartime conditions. Planck's quantum hypothesis fundamentally reshaped modern physics.
• 1919 Johannes Stark wins the Nobel Prize in Physics Nobel Prize in Physics 1919 Johannes Stark, for the Doppler effect in canal rays and the splitting of spectral lines in electric fields.
• 1920 Charles Édouard Guillaume wins the Nobel Prize in Physics Nobel Prize in Physics 1920 Charles Édouard Guillaume, for discovering anomalies in nickel-steel alloys used in precision measurement.
• 1921 Albert Einstein wins the Nobel Prize in Physics Awarded for the photoelectric effect, not relativity The deferred 1921 prize was given to Einstein in November 1922, the citation carefully avoiding relativity, which the committee still considered unproven. He was at sea en route to Japan and missed the ceremony. The prize money went to Mileva as agreed.
• 1922 Niels Bohr wins the Nobel Prize in Physics Nobel Prize in Physics 1922 Niels Bohr, for his research into the structure of atoms and the radiation they emit.
• 1923 Robert Millikan wins the Nobel Prize in Physics Nobel Prize in Physics 1923 Robert Millikan, for measuring the charge of the electron and his work on the photoelectric effect.
• 1924 Manne Siegbahn wins the Nobel Prize in Physics Nobel Prize in Physics 1924 Manne Siegbahn, for his research in X-ray spectroscopy. Awarded in 1925 as the 1924 prize.
• 1925 Franck and Hertz win the Nobel Prize in Physics Nobel Prize in Physics 1925 James Franck and Gustav Hertz, for the laws governing collisions between electrons and atoms. Awarded in 1926 as the 1925 prize.
• 1926 Jean Perrin wins the Nobel Prize in Physics Nobel Prize in Physics 1926 Jean Perrin, for his work on the discontinuous structure of matter, which confirmed that atoms exist.
• 1927 Compton and Wilson win the Nobel Prize in Physics Nobel Prize in Physics 1927 Arthur Compton for the Compton effect, and Charles Thomson Rees Wilson for the cloud chamber.
• 1928 Owen Richardson wins the Nobel Prize in Physics Nobel Prize in Physics 1928 Owen Richardson, for the thermionic effect and the law named after him. Awarded in 1929 as the 1928 prize.
• 1929 Louis de Broglie wins the Nobel Prize in Physics Nobel Prize in Physics 1929 Louis de Broglie, for discovering the wave nature of electrons.
• 1930 C. V. Raman wins the Nobel Prize in Physics Nobel Prize in Physics 1930 Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman, for light scattering and the Raman effect — the first Asian laureate in the sciences.
• 1932 Werner Heisenberg wins the Nobel Prize in Physics For the creation of quantum mechanics The award had been held over a year. Einstein had nominated him, Born and Jordan in 1928.
• 1933 Schrödinger and Dirac win the Nobel Prize in Physics Nobel Prize in Physics 1933 Erwin Schrödinger and Paul Dirac, for new productive forms of atomic theory.
• 1935 James Chadwick wins the Nobel Prize in Physics Nobel Prize in Physics 1935 James Chadwick, for discovering the neutron.
• 1936 Hess and Anderson win the Nobel Prize in Physics Nobel Prize in Physics 1936 Victor Hess for discovering cosmic radiation, and Carl Anderson for discovering the positron.
• 1937 Davisson and Thomson win the Nobel Prize in Physics Nobel Prize in Physics 1937 Clinton Davisson and George Paget Thomson, for the diffraction of electrons by crystals.
• 1938 Fermi awarded Nobel Prize and leaves Italy Fermi uses the Stockholm ceremony to escape Fascist Italy Enrico Fermi received the Nobel Prize in Physics for his work on neutron-induced radioactivity. Italy's new racial laws threatened his Jewish wife, so the family went on to the United States instead of returning home.
• 1939 Ernest Lawrence wins the Nobel Prize in Physics Nobel Prize in Physics 1939 Ernest Lawrence, for inventing the cyclotron.
• 1943 Otto Stern wins the Nobel Prize in Physics Nobel Prize in Physics 1943 Otto Stern, for the molecular-beam method and the magnetic moment of the proton. Awarded in 1944 as the 1943 prize.
• 1944 Isidor Rabi wins the Nobel Prize in Physics Nobel Prize in Physics 1944 Isidor Isaac Rabi, for the resonance method of recording the magnetic properties of atomic nuclei.
• 1945 Wolfgang Pauli wins the Nobel Prize in Physics Nobel Prize in Physics 1945 Wolfgang Pauli, for discovering the exclusion principle.
• 1946 Percy Bridgman wins the Nobel Prize in Physics Nobel Prize in Physics 1946 Percy Bridgman, for an apparatus producing extremely high pressures and his discoveries in high-pressure physics.
• 1947 Edward Appleton wins the Nobel Prize in Physics Nobel Prize in Physics 1947 Edward Appleton, for his study of the upper atmosphere and the Appleton layer.
• 1948 Patrick Blackett wins the Nobel Prize in Physics Nobel Prize in Physics 1948 Patrick Blackett, for developing the cloud chamber and his discoveries in nuclear physics and cosmic radiation.
• 1949 Hideki Yukawa wins the Nobel Prize in Physics Nobel Prize in Physics 1949 Hideki Yukawa, for predicting the meson — the first Japanese Nobel laureate.
• 1950 Cecil Powell wins the Nobel Prize in Physics Nobel Prize in Physics 1950 Cecil Powell, for the photographic method of studying nuclear processes and his discoveries about mesons.
• 1951 Cockcroft and Walton win the Nobel Prize in Physics Nobel Prize in Physics 1951 John Cockcroft and Ernest Walton, for splitting atomic nuclei with artificially accelerated particles.
• 1952 Bloch and Purcell win the Nobel Prize in Physics Nobel Prize in Physics 1952 Felix Bloch and Edward Purcell, for new methods of nuclear magnetic precision measurement.
• 1953 Frits Zernike wins the Nobel Prize in Physics Nobel Prize in Physics 1953 Frits Zernike, for the phase-contrast method and the phase-contrast microscope.
• 1954 Born and Bothe win the Nobel Prize in Physics Nobel Prize in Physics 1954 Max Born for the statistical interpretation of the wavefunction, and Walther Bothe for the coincidence method.
• 1955 Lamb and Kusch win the Nobel Prize in Physics Nobel Prize in Physics 1955 Willis Lamb for the fine structure of the hydrogen spectrum, and Polykarp Kusch for the magnetic moment of the electron.
• 1956 Shockley, Bardeen and Brattain win the Nobel Prize in Physics Nobel Prize in Physics 1956 William Shockley, John Bardeen and Walter Brattain, for research on semiconductors and the discovery of the transistor effect.
• 1957 Yang and Lee win the Nobel Prize in Physics Nobel Prize in Physics 1957 Chen Ning Yang and Tsung-Dao Lee, for showing that parity is not conserved in weak interactions.
• 1958 Cherenkov, Frank and Tamm win the Nobel Prize in Physics Nobel Prize in Physics 1958 Pavel Cherenkov, Ilya Frank and Igor Tamm, for discovering and explaining the Cherenkov effect.
• 1959 Segrè and Chamberlain win the Nobel Prize in Physics Nobel Prize in Physics 1959 Emilio Segrè and Owen Chamberlain, for discovering the antiproton.
• 1960 Donald Glaser wins the Nobel Prize in Physics Nobel Prize in Physics 1960 Donald Glaser, for inventing the bubble chamber.
• 1961 Hofstadter and Mössbauer win the Nobel Prize in Physics Nobel Prize in Physics 1961 Robert Hofstadter for electron scattering in atomic nuclei, and Rudolf Mössbauer for the Mössbauer effect.
• 1962 Lev Landau wins the Nobel Prize in Physics Nobel Prize in Physics 1962 Lev Landau, for his theories of condensed matter, especially liquid helium.
• 1963 Wigner, Goeppert Mayer and Jensen win the Nobel Prize in Physics Nobel Prize in Physics 1963 Eugene Wigner for symmetry principles, and Maria Goeppert Mayer and Hans Jensen for nuclear shell structure. Goeppert Mayer was the second woman to win in physics.
• 1964 Townes, Basov and Prokhorov win the Nobel Prize in Physics Nobel Prize in Physics 1964 Charles Townes, Nikolay Basov and Alexander Prokhorov, for the quantum electronics behind the maser and the laser.
• 1965 Tomonaga, Schwinger and Feynman win the Nobel Prize in Physics Nobel Prize in Physics 1965 Sin-Itiro Tomonaga, Julian Schwinger and Richard Feynman, for their work on quantum electrodynamics.
• 1966 Alfred Kastler wins the Nobel Prize in Physics Nobel Prize in Physics 1966 Alfred Kastler, for optical methods of studying resonances in atoms.
• 1967 Hans Bethe wins the Nobel Prize in Physics Nobel Prize in Physics 1967 Hans Bethe, for the theory of nuclear reactions, especially how stars produce energy.
• 1968 Luis Alvarez wins the Nobel Prize in Physics Nobel Prize in Physics 1968 Luis Alvarez, for discovering many resonance states of elementary particles with the hydrogen bubble chamber.
• 1969 Murray Gell-Mann wins the Nobel Prize in Physics Nobel Prize in Physics 1969 Murray Gell-Mann, for classifying elementary particles and their interactions — the theory behind quarks.
• 1970 Alfvén and Néel win the Nobel Prize in Physics Nobel Prize in Physics 1970 Hannes Alfvén for magnetohydrodynamics, and Louis Néel for antiferromagnetism and ferrimagnetism.
• 1971 Dennis Gabor wins the Nobel Prize in Physics Nobel Prize in Physics 1971 Dennis Gabor, for inventing holography.
• 1972 Bardeen, Cooper and Schrieffer win the Nobel Prize in Physics Nobel Prize in Physics 1972 John Bardeen, Leon Cooper and Robert Schrieffer, for the BCS theory of superconductivity — Bardeen's second physics prize.
• 1973 Esaki, Giaever and Josephson win the Nobel Prize in Physics Nobel Prize in Physics 1973 Leo Esaki and Ivar Giaever for tunnelling in semiconductors and superconductors, and Brian Josephson for the Josephson effects.
• 1974 Ryle and Hewish win the Nobel Prize in Physics Nobel Prize in Physics 1974 Martin Ryle for aperture synthesis in radio astronomy, and Antony Hewish for his role in discovering pulsars.
• 1975 Aage Bohr, Mottelson and Rainwater win the Nobel Prize in Physics Nobel Prize in Physics 1975 Aage Bohr, Ben Mottelson and James Rainwater, for their theory of the structure of the atomic nucleus.
• 1976 Richter and Ting win the Nobel Prize in Physics Nobel Prize in Physics 1976 Burton Richter and Samuel Ting, for discovering the J/psi particle.
• 1977 Anderson, Mott and Van Vleck win the Nobel Prize in Physics Nobel Prize in Physics 1977 Philip Anderson, Nevill Mott and John Van Vleck, for the electronic structure of magnetic and disordered systems.
• 1978 Kapitsa, Penzias and Wilson win the Nobel Prize in Physics Nobel Prize in Physics 1978 Pyotr Kapitsa for low-temperature physics, and Arno Penzias and Robert Wilson for discovering the cosmic microwave background.
• 1979 Glashow, Salam and Weinberg win the Nobel Prize in Physics Nobel Prize in Physics 1979 Sheldon Glashow, Abdus Salam and Steven Weinberg, for unifying the weak and electromagnetic interactions.
• 1980 Cronin and Fitch win the Nobel Prize in Physics Nobel Prize in Physics 1980 James Cronin and Val Fitch, for discovering symmetry violations in the decay of neutral kaons.
• 1981 Bloembergen, Schawlow and Siegbahn win the Nobel Prize in Physics Nobel Prize in Physics 1981 Nicolaas Bloembergen and Arthur Schawlow for laser spectroscopy, and Kai Siegbahn for high-resolution electron spectroscopy.
• 1982 Kenneth Wilson wins the Nobel Prize in Physics Nobel Prize in Physics 1982 Kenneth G. Wilson, for his theory of critical phenomena in phase transitions.
• 1983 Chandrasekhar and Fowler win the Nobel Prize in Physics Nobel Prize in Physics 1983 Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar for the physics of stellar structure and evolution, and William Fowler for how stars form the chemical elements.
• 1984 Rubbia and van der Meer win the Nobel Prize in Physics Nobel Prize in Physics 1984 Carlo Rubbia and Simon van der Meer, for the CERN project that discovered the W and Z particles.
• 1985 Klaus von Klitzing wins the Nobel Prize in Physics Nobel Prize in Physics 1985 Klaus von Klitzing, for discovering the quantised Hall effect.
• 1986 Ruska, Binnig and Rohrer win the Nobel Prize in Physics Nobel Prize in Physics 1986 Ernst Ruska for the first electron microscope, and Gerd Binnig and Heinrich Rohrer for the scanning tunnelling microscope.
• 1987 Bednorz and Müller win the Nobel Prize in Physics Nobel Prize in Physics 1987 Georg Bednorz and Alex Müller, for discovering superconductivity in ceramic materials.
• 1988 Lederman, Schwartz and Steinberger win the Nobel Prize in Physics Nobel Prize in Physics 1988 Leon Lederman, Melvin Schwartz and Jack Steinberger, for the neutrino beam method and the discovery of the muon neutrino.
• 1989 Ramsey, Dehmelt and Paul win the Nobel Prize in Physics Nobel Prize in Physics 1989 Norman Ramsey for the method behind atomic clocks, and Hans Dehmelt and Wolfgang Paul for the ion trap.
• 1990 Friedman, Kendall and Taylor win the Nobel Prize in Physics Nobel Prize in Physics 1990 Jerome Friedman, Henry Kendall and Richard Taylor, for electron-scattering experiments essential to the quark model.
• 1991 Pierre-Gilles de Gennes wins the Nobel Prize in Physics Nobel Prize in Physics 1991 Pierre-Gilles de Gennes, for extending the study of order to liquid crystals and polymers.
• 1992 Georges Charpak wins the Nobel Prize in Physics Nobel Prize in Physics 1992 Georges Charpak, for inventing particle detectors, especially the multiwire proportional chamber.
• 1993 Hulse and Taylor win the Nobel Prize in Physics Nobel Prize in Physics 1993 Russell Hulse and Joseph Taylor, for discovering a new type of pulsar that opened new ways to study gravitation.
• 1994 Brockhouse and Shull win the Nobel Prize in Physics Nobel Prize in Physics 1994 Bertram Brockhouse and Clifford Shull, for neutron spectroscopy and neutron diffraction.
• 1995 Perl and Reines win the Nobel Prize in Physics Nobel Prize in Physics 1995 Martin Perl for discovering the tau lepton, and Frederick Reines for detecting the neutrino.
• 1996 Lee, Osheroff and Richardson win the Nobel Prize in Physics Nobel Prize in Physics 1996 David Lee, Douglas Osheroff and Robert Richardson, for discovering superfluidity in helium-3.
• 1997 Chu, Cohen-Tannoudji and Phillips win the Nobel Prize in Physics Nobel Prize in Physics 1997 Steven Chu, Claude Cohen-Tannoudji and William Phillips, for cooling and trapping atoms with laser light.
• 1998 Laughlin, Störmer and Tsui win the Nobel Prize in Physics Nobel Prize in Physics 1998 Robert Laughlin, Horst Störmer and Daniel Tsui, for a new quantum fluid with fractionally charged excitations.
• 1999 't Hooft and Veltman win the Nobel Prize in Physics Nobel Prize in Physics 1999 Gerard 't Hooft and Martinus Veltman, for the quantum structure of electroweak interactions.
• 2000 Alferov, Kroemer and Kilby win the Nobel Prize in Physics Nobel Prize in Physics 2000 Zhores Alferov and Herbert Kroemer for semiconductor heterostructures, and Jack Kilby for his part in inventing the integrated circuit.
• 2001 Cornell, Ketterle and Wieman win the Nobel Prize in Physics Nobel Prize in Physics 2001 Eric Cornell, Wolfgang Ketterle and Carl Wieman, for achieving Bose-Einstein condensation.
• 2002 Davis, Koshiba and Giacconi win the Nobel Prize in Physics Nobel Prize in Physics 2002 Raymond Davis and Masatoshi Koshiba for detecting cosmic neutrinos, and Riccardo Giacconi for discovering cosmic X-ray sources.
• 2003 Abrikosov, Ginzburg and Leggett win the Nobel Prize in Physics Nobel Prize in Physics 2003 Alexei Abrikosov, Vitaly Ginzburg and Anthony Leggett, for the theory of superconductors and superfluids.
• 2004 Gross, Politzer and Wilczek win the Nobel Prize in Physics Nobel Prize in Physics 2004 David Gross, David Politzer and Frank Wilczek, for discovering asymptotic freedom in the strong interaction.
• 2005 Glauber, Hall and Hänsch win the Nobel Prize in Physics Nobel Prize in Physics 2005 Roy Glauber for the quantum theory of optical coherence, and John Hall and Theodor Hänsch for laser precision spectroscopy and the frequency comb.
• 2006 Mather and Smoot win the Nobel Prize in Physics Nobel Prize in Physics 2006 John Mather and George Smoot, for measuring the blackbody form and anisotropy of the cosmic microwave background.
• 2007 Fert and Grünberg win the Nobel Prize in Physics Nobel Prize in Physics 2007 Albert Fert and Peter Grünberg, for discovering giant magnetoresistance, the basis of modern hard drives.
• 2008 Nambu, Kobayashi and Maskawa win the Nobel Prize in Physics Nobel Prize in Physics 2008 Yoichiro Nambu for spontaneous symmetry breaking, and Makoto Kobayashi and Toshihide Maskawa for the broken symmetry that predicts three families of quarks.
• 2009 Kao, Boyle and Smith win the Nobel Prize in Physics Nobel Prize in Physics 2009 Charles Kao for fibre-optic communication, and Willard Boyle and George Smith for the CCD image sensor.
• 2010 Geim and Novoselov win the Nobel Prize in Physics Nobel Prize in Physics 2010 Andre Geim and Konstantin Novoselov, for groundbreaking experiments with graphene.
• 2011 Perlmutter, Schmidt and Riess win the Nobel Prize in Physics Nobel Prize in Physics 2011 Saul Perlmutter, Brian Schmidt and Adam Riess, for discovering the accelerating expansion of the universe.
• 2012 Haroche and Wineland win the Nobel Prize in Physics Nobel Prize in Physics 2012 Serge Haroche and David Wineland, for measuring and manipulating individual quantum systems.
• 2013 Higgs and Englert win Nobel Prize in Physics Award recognises theory behind the Higgs boson Peter Higgs and Francois Englert were awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics for their theoretical work predicting the Higgs boson, confirmed experimentally at CERN's Large Hadron Collider the previous year. The discovery explained how fundamental particles acquire mass.
• 2014 Akasaki, Amano and Nakamura win the Nobel Prize in Physics Nobel Prize in Physics 2014 Isamu Akasaki, Hiroshi Amano and Shuji Nakamura, for inventing the efficient blue LED.
• 2015 Kajita and McDonald win the Nobel Prize in Physics Nobel Prize in Physics 2015 Takaaki Kajita and Arthur McDonald, for neutrino oscillations, which show that neutrinos have mass.
• 2016 Thouless, Haldane and Kosterlitz win the Nobel Prize in Physics Nobel Prize in Physics 2016 David Thouless, Duncan Haldane and Michael Kosterlitz, for topological phase transitions and topological phases of matter.
• 2017 Nobel Prize in Physics awarded for gravitational wave detection LIGO scientists honored for confirming Einstein's prediction Rainer Weiss, Barry Barish, and Kip Thorne received the Nobel Prize in Physics for their roles in the LIGO detection of gravitational waves, confirming a century-old prediction of Einstein's general relativity. The 2015 detection opened a new field of gravitational-wave astronomy. It was hailed as one of the major scientific achievements of the decade.
• 2018 Ashkin, Mourou and Strickland win the Nobel Prize in Physics Nobel Prize in Physics 2018 Arthur Ashkin for optical tweezers, and Gérard Mourou and Donna Strickland for ultra-short high-intensity laser pulses. Ashkin, 96, became the oldest laureate.
• 2019 Peebles, Mayor and Queloz win the Nobel Prize in Physics Nobel Prize in Physics 2019 James Peebles for physical cosmology, and Michel Mayor and Didier Queloz for the first exoplanet found around a Sun-like star.
• 2020 Penrose, Genzel and Ghez win the Nobel Prize in Physics Nobel Prize in Physics 2020 Roger Penrose for showing that black holes follow from general relativity, and Reinhard Genzel and Andrea Ghez for the supermassive object at the centre of the Milky Way.
• 2021 Manabe, Hasselmann and Parisi win the Nobel Prize in Physics Nobel Prize in Physics 2021 Syukuro Manabe and Klaus Hasselmann for modelling Earth's climate and predicting global warming, and Giorgio Parisi for disorder and fluctuations in physical systems.
• 2022 Aspect, Clauser and Zeilinger win the Nobel Prize in Physics Nobel Prize in Physics 2022 Alain Aspect, John Clauser and Anton Zeilinger, for experiments with entangled photons that pioneered quantum information science.
• 2023 Agostini, Krausz and L'Huillier win the Nobel Prize in Physics Nobel Prize in Physics 2023 Pierre Agostini, Ferenc Krausz and Anne L'Huillier, for attosecond light pulses that capture the motion of electrons.
• 2024 Nobel Prize in Physics awarded for machine learning John Hopfield and Geoffrey Hinton honoured for neural networks The 2024 Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded on 8 October to John Hopfield and Geoffrey Hinton for foundational discoveries enabling machine learning with artificial neural networks.
• 2025 Clarke, Devoret and Martinis win the Nobel Prize in Physics Nobel Prize in Physics 2025 John Clarke, Michel Devoret and John Martinis, for macroscopic quantum tunnelling and energy quantisation in an electric circuit.
• 2026 Francis Halzen wins the Nobel Prize in Physics Nobel Prize in Physics 2026 Francis Halzen, for decisive contributions to the IceCube Neutrino Observatory and the detection of high-energy neutrinos from beyond the solar system. The Belgian-born American physicist led the experiment that turned a cubic kilometre of Antarctic ice into a neutrino detector.