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The 2012, Nobel Prize in Physics has been awarded jointly to a French Scientist and an American Scientist for their research in

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Option C: Quantum Physics

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The correct answer is “Quantum Physics”.
The Nobel Prize of Physics Harrass (France) and David Jeffrey Winland (United States) were jointly given for control of particles in Quantum Physics.

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