In 2019, Martinis and his team published a historic paper in Nature, claiming the first demonstration of “quantum supremacy” with a 53-qubit processor.

John Hopfield and Geoffrey Hinton were named this year's Nobel Laureates in physics.

Prof. Costas Foudas, who heads the high physics group at the University of Ioannina, will assume the prestigious post of president of the CERN council, for the 2025-27 period