US, French physicists win Nobel for quantum work

By Louise Nordstrom, Karl Ritter

Published October 9, 2012 4:00am ET

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US, French physicists win Nobel for quantum work — This 2009 photo provided Tuesday Oct. 9, 2012 by the CNRS (Centre Nationale de la Recherche Scientifique) shows French physician Serge Haroche in Paris. Haroche and U.S David Wineland share the 2012 Nobel Prize in physics Tuesday Oct. 9, 2012 for inventing methods to observe the bizarre properties of the quantum world, research that has led to the construction of extremely precise clocks and helped scientists take the first steps toward building superfast computers. (AP Photo/CNRS/ Christophe Lebedinsky) EDITORIAL USE ONLY - NO USE AFTER DEC.31 2012 | Christophe Lebedinsky

STOCKHOLM (AP) — A French-American duo shared the 2012 Nobel Prize in physics Tuesday for experiments on quantum particles that have already resulted in ultra-precise clocks and may one day help lead to computers many times faster than those in use today.

Serge Haroche of France and American David Wineland showed in the 1990s how to observe individual particles while preserving their bizarre quantum properties, something that scientists had struggled to do before.

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