Guide Note:
The 2007 Nobel Prize in physics was awarded to German scientists Albert Fert and Peter Grunberg for their application of giant magnetoresistance (GMR) to hard disk technology. Developments in this field has led to the ability to store a greater amount of information in a smaller space, which paved the way for smaller storage devices like iPods, PSPs and laptops.
Albert Fert
Peter Grunberg
Physics Nobel Prize Fast Facts
- Awarded by Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
- First Nobel Prize for physics was awarded to Wilhelm Conrad Rontgen in 1901
- 2007 prize amount was $1.6 millionNobelPrize.org: The Nobel Prize Amount
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