The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has awarded 2007 Nobel Prize in Physics to Professors Albert Fert (left) of France and Peter Grünberg of Germany for "for the discovery of Giant Magnetoresistance". The duo scientists' independent discoveries in 1988 has made it possible to miniaturize hard disks and has enabled computer users to quickly and easily store reams of data on computer hard drives.
Brief Biography:
Albert Fert, French citizen. Born 1938 in Carcassonne, France. Ph.D. in 1970 at Université Paris-Sud, Orsay, France. Professor at Université Paris-Sud, Orsay, France, since 1976. Scientific director of Unité mixte de physique CNRS/Thales, Orsay, France, since 1995.
Peter Grünberg, German citizen. Born 1939 in Pilsen. Ph.D. in 1969 at Technische Universität Darmstadt, Germany. Professor at Institut für Festkörperforschung, Forschungszentrum Jülich, Germany, since 1972.
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