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Nobel prize goes to pioneers of Lego-like ‘click chemistry’

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The Nobel Prize in Physics has been awarded to three scientists—two French and one American. The prize, which is worth $1 million and is awarded every year, was announced on November 27th, 2022 at a press conference in Stockholm. The three men were all working together at CERN in Geneva, Switzerland when they created their breakthrough discovery. Professor [name] and his colleagues developed an experiment known as "Schrödinger's Cat," which could prove whether or not a cat is dead or alive at any given moment. This test has been used for decades as an early indicator of whether or not quantum particles have been affected by events such as decoherence or interference from other particles. Professor [name] explained that the initial discovery came when he noticed that some of his colleagues were behaving strangely during their experiments. He realized that they had become so excited by their discoveries that they were behaving in ways that seemed incompatible with what he b...