France's Albert Fert and German Peter Gruenberg won the 2007 Nobel Prize in physics on Tuesday for a discovery that has shrunk the size of hard drives found in computers, iPods and other digital devices. (Oct. 9)
2007年的諾貝爾物理學獎是由法國物理學家費爾特(Albert Fert)及德國物理學家葛林柏格(Peter Gruenberg)獲得。他們發現的這種巨磁電阻效應(giant magnetoresistance, GMR)的應用,為硬碟讀取資料帶來革命性的改變,此項發明更被視為是奈米科技首度在生活上的重大應用。