Physics Nobel Goes to German, Frenchman
Oct 11th, 2007 | By CentroN | Category: PhysicsSTOCKHOLM, Sweden — Two European scientists won the 2007 Nobel Prize in physics on Tuesday for a discovery that lets computers, iPods and other digital devices store reams of data on ever-shrinking hard disks.
France’s Albert Fert and German Peter Gruenberg independently discovered a physical effect in 1988 that has led to sensitive tools for reading the information stored on hard disks. That sensitivity lets the electronics industry use smaller and smaller disks.
Source: washingtonpost.com
