Nobel Prize for Physics to be announced Today

<p class="prose prose-h2:mt-4 prose-h2:text-lg/snug prose-h2:font-medium prose-h2:lg:font-medium prose-p:text-base/6 prose-p:text-neutral-primary prose-a:text-neutral-primary prose-a:underline prose-strong:font-semibold prose-pre:bg-transparent prose-pre:p-0 prose-pre:font-[inherit] prose-pre:text-base prose-pre:font-normal prose-pre:whitespace-pre-wrap prose-pre:text-neutral-primary prose-ul:list-disc prose-li:leading-6 prose-li:marker:text-neutral-primary prose-table:border-y prose-table:border-neutral-faint prose-table:text-base prose-table:text-neutral-primary even:prose-tr:bg-neutral-pale prose-th:bg-neutral-faint prose-td:p-2 prose-td:before:border-l-2 prose-td:before:border-neutral-faint prose-td:before:pr-2 prose-td:before:content-[''] first:prose-td:before:border-0" data-testid="text-details-main-content"> The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences (KVA) will on Tuesday announce who will be awarded this year’s Nobel Prize in Physics, the second Nobel decision this week.

<p class="prose prose-h2:mt-4 prose-h2:text-lg/snug prose-h2:font-medium prose-h2:lg:font-medium prose-p:text-base/6 prose-p:text-neutral-primary prose-a:text-neutral-primary prose-a:underline prose-strong:font-semibold prose-pre:bg-transparent prose-pre:p-0 prose-pre:font-[inherit] prose-pre:text-base prose-pre:font-normal prose-pre:whitespace-pre-wrap prose-pre:text-neutral-primary prose-ul:list-disc prose-li:leading-6 prose-li:marker:text-neutral-primary prose-table:border-y prose-table:border-neutral-faint prose-table:text-base prose-table:text-neutral-primary even:prose-tr:bg-neutral-pale prose-th:bg-neutral-faint prose-td:p-2 prose-td:before:border-l-2 prose-td:before:border-neutral-faint prose-td:before:pr-2 prose-td:before:content-[''] first:prose-td:before:border-0" data-testid="text-details-main-content">Last year, the prize was awarded to quantum physicists John Clarke (United Kingdom), Michel Devoret (France) and John Martinis (US).The Nobel Prizes trace their origins back to Alfred Nobel (1833-1896), the inventor of dynamite and founder of the prizes.

<p class="prose prose-h2:mt-4 prose-h2:text-lg/snug prose-h2:font-medium prose-h2:lg:font-medium prose-p:text-base/6 prose-p:text-neutral-primary prose-a:text-neutral-primary prose-a:underline prose-strong:font-semibold prose-pre:bg-transparent prose-pre:p-0 prose-pre:font-[inherit] prose-pre:text-base prose-pre:font-normal prose-pre:whitespace-pre-wrap prose-pre:text-neutral-primary prose-ul:list-disc prose-li:leading-6 prose-li:marker:text-neutral-primary prose-table:border-y prose-table:border-neutral-faint prose-table:text-base prose-table:text-neutral-primary even:prose-tr:bg-neutral-pale prose-th:bg-neutral-faint prose-td:p-2 prose-td:before:border-l-2 prose-td:before:border-neutral-faint prose-td:before:pr-2 prose-td:before:content-[''] first:prose-td:before:border-0" data-testid="text-details-main-content">In his will, he stipulated that the prizes should be awarded to those who, in the previous year, had been of the greatest benefit to humanity in the various prize categories.

<section class="prose prose-h2:mt-4 prose-h2:text-lg/snug prose-h2:font-medium prose-h2:lg:font-medium prose-p:text-base/6 prose-p:text-neutral-primary prose-a:text-neutral-primary prose-a:underline prose-strong:font-semibold prose-pre:bg-transparent prose-pre:p-0 prose-pre:font-[inherit] prose-pre:text-base prose-pre:font-normal prose-pre:whitespace-pre-wrap prose-pre:text-neutral-primary prose-ul:list-disc prose-li:leading-6 prose-li:marker:text-neutral-primary prose-table:border-y prose-table:border-neutral-faint prose-table:text-base prose-table:text-neutral-primary even:prose-tr:bg-neutral-pale prose-th:bg-neutral-faint prose-td:p-2 prose-td:before:border-l-2 prose-td:before:border-neutral-faint prose-td:before:pr-2 prose-td:before:content-[''] first:prose-td:before:border-0" data-testid="text-details-main-content"> Physics was the first category mentioned by Nobel in his will.The first winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics, in 1901, was the German Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen for his discovery of X-rays, named after him. The Nobel Prizes are traditionally presented on the anniversary of Nobel’s death, 10 December.