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For the scientific community, the Nobel Prize announcements are an important part of the yearly science calendar. The award is one of the most widely celebrated and gives us a moment to reflect on some of the leading scientific work taking place around the world. This year’s winn ... Show More

The World Economic Forum and Scientific American team up to highlight technological advances that could change the world—including self-fertilizing crops, on-demand drug manufacturing, breath-sensing diagnostics and 3-D-printed houses. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit mega ... Show More

On today’s episode: An update on one of last year’s Ig Nobel prizes! We go through this year’s Nobel Prize in Physics! All that and more today on All Around Science...RESOURCES“Butt breathing” might soon be a real medical treatment - Ars Technica Nobel Prizes 2025CREDITS:Writing ... Show More

Plus: A trio of professors in the U.S. are awarded the Nobel Prize in physics for their work in quantum mechanics. And Dell lifts its long-term financial targets on surging AI demand. Julie Chang hosts. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information ... Show More

In 2022, physicist Tammy Ma and the team at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory achieved a scientific breakthrough decades in the making: fusion ignition, or the combining of two atoms to generate more energy out of a reaction than was put in — recreating on Earth the same pro ... Show More

(0:00) David Friedberg intros John Martinis, the 2025 recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physics (0:43) John's history, how he got into physics (4:54) Explainer on quantum mechanics (22:57) Quantum tunneling and the 1985 paper that led to this Nobel Prize (30:37) Understanding qubit ... Show More