Three scientists share physics Nobel prize for quantum mechanics work

Alain Aspect, John F Clauser and Anton Zeilinger win prize for work on phenomenon Einstein described as spooky action at a distance'

The 2022 Nobel prize in physics has been won by three researchers for their work on quantum mechanics.

Alain Aspect, 75, John F Clauser, 79, and Anton Zeilinger, 77, have won the 10m Swedish kronor (802,000) prize announced on Tuesday by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in Stockholm. All three will receive an equal share of the prize.