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This year's Nobel Prize in Physics rewards research into quantum mechanics - the science that describes nature at the smallest scales.
The award goes to Alain Aspect, John Clauser and Anton Zeilinger.
They will share prize money of 10 million Swedish krona (£800,000).
Last year's Physics Nobel was given to three scientists who advanced our understanding of complex systems - in particular, Earth's climate.
On Monday, the Nobel committee gave the Physiology or Medicine prize to Sweden's Svante Paabo for his work on human evolution.
Previous winners of the Nobel Prize in Physics
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Image caption,Last year's prize rewarded research into complexity
2021 - Syukuro Manabe, Klaus Hasselmann and Giorgio Parisi were given the prize for advancing our understanding of complex systems, such as Earth's climate.
2020 - Sir Roger Penrose, Reinhard Genzel and Andrea Ghez received the prize for their work on the nature of black holes.
2019 - James Peebles, Michel Mayor and Didier Queloz shared the prize for ground-breaking discoveries about the Universe.
2018 - Donna Strickland, Arthur Ashkin and Gerard Mourou were awarded the prize for their discoveries in the field of laser physics.
2017 - Rainer Weiss, Kip Thorne and Barry Barish earned the award for the detection of gravitational waves.
2016 - David Thouless, Duncan Haldane and Michael Kosterlitz shared the award for their work on rare phases of matter.
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