October 7, 2025 at 9:52 AM UTCUpdated on October 7, 2025 at 2:43 PM UTCTwo physicists integral to efforts by Alphabet Inc.’s Google to build working quantum computers have been awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics together with a colleague from the UK.John M. Martinis, an American physicist who previously worked at Google to build a quantum computer, will share the 11 million-krona ($1.2 million) award with Michel H. Devoret, a chief scientist on Google’s quantum artificial intelligence team, and ...