Key takeaways: Moungi Bawendi of MIT, Louis Brus of Columbia University, and Alexei Ekimov of Nanocrystals Technology Inc. were honored for their work with quantum…
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The 2020 Nobel Prize in Physics has been awarded to three scientists for their work in exploring the world of electrons inside atoms and molecules. Dr. Andrea Ghez and Dr. Reinhard Genzel were awarded for their work in discovering a supermassive compact object at the center of our galaxy, while Dr. Roger Penrose was awarded for his work in demonstrating a way to create extremely short pulses of light. Their work has enabled us to understand the behavior of electrons in atoms during the tiniest of split seconds, giving us a better understanding of the universe.