In what year did Peter Grünberg win the Nobel Prize in Physics?
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In 2007, Peter Grünberg was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics for his groundbreaking research on giant magnetoresistance (GMR). This discovery revolutionized the field of spintronics and paved the way for the development of modern hard disk drives with increased storage capacity. GMR occurs when the electrical resistance of a material changes significantly in the presence of a magnetic field.
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