'X', born in the UK, was conferred the Nobel Prize in 2025. He was a professor in an American university when this prize was announced. Identify 'X' :
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Answer: C. John Clarke was born in Cambridge, UK, and is a professor at the University of California, Berkeley. He shared the 2025 Physics Nobel for macroscopic quantum tunnelling in electric circuits.
Watch for: Robson was also born in the UK, so students miss the 'American university' clue.
Why the other options are wrong
- A. Wrong because Michel Devoret was born in France.
- B. Wrong because Richard Robson, born in the UK, works at the University of Melbourne in Australia.
- D. Wrong because Joel Mokyr was born in the Netherlands.
Source to check: Official Nobel Prize website (nobelprize.org), 2025 laureates' biographies
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