Austrian Awarded Nobel Prize in Physics 2022

Lifestyle & TravelCulture ♦ Published: October 5, 2022; 10:38 ♦ (Vindobona)

This year, the Nobel Prize for Physics goes to an Austrian, among others. Anton Zeilinger won the prize for his unique achievements in the field of quantum physics. The Frenchman Alain Aspect and the US-American John F. Clauser won together with him.

Zeilinger's the first Austrian Nobel Price winner since Wolfgang Pauli in 1945. / Picture: © Wikimedia Commons, Jaqueline Godany, CC BY 4.0

The Nobel Prize Committee announced on Tuesday that it will award the2022 Nobel Prize in Physics to Frenchman Alain Aspect, US-American John F. Clauser and Austrian Anton Zeilinger for research in the field of quantum physics.

The Nobel Prize is the world's most visible scientific honour and is awarded by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. "The prize crowns an outstanding…