
<p><a href="https://physicsworld.com/a/john-clarke-michel-devoret-and-john-martinis-win-the-2025-nobel-prize-for-physics/">This year’s Nobel Prize for Physics</a> went to John Clarke, Michel Devoret and John Martinis “for the discovery of macroscopic quantum mechanical tunnelling and energy quantization in an electric circuit”.</p>
<p>That circuit was a superconducting device called a Josephson junction and their work in the 1980s led to the development of some of today&#8217;s most promising technologies for quantum computers.</p>
<p>To chat about this year’s laureates, and the wide-reaching scientific and technological consequences of their work I am joined by <a href="https://www.ilanawisby.com/">Ilana Wisby</a> – who is a quantum physicist, deep tech entrepreneur and former CEO of UK-based <a href="https://oqc.tech/">Oxford Quantum Circuits</a>. We chat about the trio’s breakthrough and its influence on today’s quantum science and technology.</p>
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