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3 physicists share Nobel Prize for work on quantum science

French physicist Alain Aspect is seen in Copenhagen, Denmark, on Oct. 3, 2013. On Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2022 the Nobel Prize in physics was awarded to three scientists, Alain Aspect, John F. Clauser and Anton Zeilinger for their work on quantum information science. (Ritzau Scanpix via AP) French physicist Alain Aspect is seen in Copenhagen, Denmark, on Oct. 3, 2013. On Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2022 the Nobel Prize in physics was awarded to three scientists, Alain Aspect, John F. Clauser and Anton Zeilinger for their work on quantum information science. (Ritzau Scanpix via AP) Secretary General of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences Hans Ellegren, centre, Eva Olsson, left and Thors Hans Hansson, members of the Nobel Committee for Physics announce the winner of the 2022 Nobel Prize in Physics, from left to right on the screen, Alain Aspect, John F. Clauser and Anton Zeilinger, during a press conference at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, in Stockholm, Sweden, Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2022. (Jonas Ekstromer /TT News Agency via AP) Austrian scientist Anton Zeilinger speaks during a press conference in Vienna on Monday, Jan. 26, 2009. On Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2022 the Nobel Prize in physics was awarded to three scientists, Alain Aspect, John F. Clauser and Anton Zeilinger for their work on quantum information science. (AP Photo/Lilli Strauss) FILE - Professor Anton Zeilinger from the University of Vienna, left, and Vienna's Mayor Michael Haeupl smile during a press conference where the functioning of quantum cryptography based on entangled light particles will be presented, in Vienna's City Hall, Wednesday, April 21, 2004. On Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2022 the Nobel Prize in physics was awarded to three scientists, Alain Aspect, John F. Clauser and Anton Zeilinger for their work on quantum information science. (AP Photo/Hans Punz, File) Austrian scientist Anton Zeilinger speaks during a press conference in Vienna on Monday, Jan. 26, 2009. On Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2022 the Nobel Prize in physics was awarded to three scientists, Alain Aspect, John F. Clauser and Anton Zeilinger for their work on quantum information science. (AP Photo/Lilli Strauss) FILE - Austria's quantum physicist and university professor Anton Zeilinger gives a speech at the opening of the Bruckner Festival 2005 in the Brucknerhaus Linz, Austria, on Sunday, Sept. 11, 2005. On Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2022 the Nobel Prize in physics was awarded to three scientists, Alain Aspect, John F. Clauser and Anton Zeilinger for their work on quantum information science. (AP Photo/Rudi Brandstaetter, File)