What original method led to David J. Wineland's Nobel Prize Award?
Laser-cooling trapped ions
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Answer
David J. Wineland won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2012 for his work on laser-cooling trapped ions. Laser-cooling is a technique that uses lasers to slow down the motion of atoms or molecules. This can be used to study the properties of atoms and molecules in great detail.
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