2025 Nobel Prize in physics awarded to 3 University of California faculty

[Anonymous]

All three winners of today’s 2025 Nobel Prize in physics are faculty at the University of California. The Nobel Prize committee  honored John Clarke, Michel H. Devoret and John M. Martinis “for the discovery of macroscopic quantum mechanical tunneling and energy quantization in an electric circuit.”

John Clarke (University of California, Berkeley)

Michel H. Devoret (University of California, Santa Barbara)

John M. Martinis (University of California, Santa Barbara)

This work has proved foundational to the development of quantum computers, which have the potential to solve problems that today’s most powerful computers never could. Quantum computers have tremendous potential to advance fields such as drug discovery, cybersecurity, agriculture and energy.

[Anonymous]

Congrats!

[Anonymous]

7 October 2025

The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the Nobel Prize in Physics 2025 to

John Clarke
University of California, Berkeley, USA

Michel H. Devoret
Yale University, New Haven, CT and
University of California, Santa Barbara, USA

John M. Martinis
University of California, Santa Barbara, USA

“for the discovery of macroscopic quantum mechanical tunnelling and energy quantisation in an electric circuit”

[Anonymous]

So great for U.S. science, and so sad to think that the U.S. won't attract such talent in the future. (Two of these three immigrated to the U.S. only post-Ph.D.) In fact, 'attract' isn't even the right word here: the U.S. is now actively blocking the immigration of future Nobel winners.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So great for U.S. science, and so sad to think that the U.S. won't attract such talent in the future. (Two of these three immigrated to the U.S. only post-Ph.D.) In fact, 'attract' isn't even the right word here: the U.S. is now actively blocking the immigration of future Nobel winners.

+1

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So great for U.S. science, and so sad to think that the U.S. won't attract such talent in the future. (Two of these three immigrated to the U.S. only post-Ph.D.) In fact, 'attract' isn't even the right word here: the U.S. is now actively blocking the immigration of future Nobel winners.

Great point. Trump is so busy ridiculously lobbying for his own Nobel that he doesn't care how he is impacting others. But MAGA hates scientific research.

Sorry - don't mean to sidetrack the thread. Congrats to the winners - that is really great. Jerks stole my idea

[Anonymous]

First AI, now quantum computing. What's next, blockchain?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:First AI, now quantum computing. What's next, blockchain?

Hey, now. AI and quantum computers have more useful applications than grifting.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:All three winners of today’s 2025 Nobel Prize in physics are faculty at the University of California. The Nobel Prize committee  honored John Clarke, Michel H. Devoret and John M. Martinis “for the discovery of macroscopic quantum mechanical tunneling and energy quantization in an electric circuit.”

John Clarke (University of California, Berkeley)

Michel H. Devoret (University of California, Santa Barbara)

John M. Martinis (University of California, Santa Barbara)

This work has proved foundational to the development of quantum computers, which have the potential to solve problems that today’s most powerful computers never could. Quantum computers have tremendous potential to advance fields such as drug discovery, cybersecurity, agriculture and energy.

Quantum computers would harm cybersecurity, not advance it. We'll see if they're ultimately able to provide a practical advantage in other areas besides spying.

[Anonymous]

Well this is expected! Berkeley and SB are very strong in physics. For those not in the know, look into UCSB CCS program. Hopefully Berkeley is self explanatory.

[Anonymous]

Michel H. Devoret is listed as Yale and UCSB

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:First AI, now quantum computing. What's next, blockchain?

Hey, now. AI and quantum computers have more useful applications than grifting.

So far quantum computers have 0 useful applications besides grifting. Blockchains can timestamp things.

[Anonymous]

All three profs worked at Berkeley when the research was done in the 1980s. Today, Nobel Prize in Chemistry was also awarded to a professor at Berkeley.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:All three profs worked at Berkeley when the research was done in the 1980s. Today, Nobel Prize in Chemistry was also awarded to a professor at Berkeley.

Omar Mwannes Yaghi from UC Berkeley was awarded Nobel for Chemistry. He came to the US at 15 and attended SUNY Albany for undegrad.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Michel H. Devoret is listed as Yale and UCSB

Devoret and Michele worked for Clark when they did the research at Berkeley.