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Who won the Nobel Prize in physics?

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Three scientists received the Nobel Prize in Physics for their work on quantum tunneling, a phenomenon in quantum mechanics.

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Nobel Prize in Physics: What is quantum tunneling?
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Nobel Prize in Physics: What is quantum tunneling?

The three laureates who won the Nobel Prize received it for a phenomenon called quantum tunneling.

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