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    A French-American duo shared the 2012 Nobel Prize in physics Tuesday for experiments on quantum particles that have already resulted in ultra-precise clocks and may one day help lead to computers many times faster than those in use today.

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    A Frenchman and an American shared the Nobel Prize in physics Tuesday for inventing methods to peer into the bizarre quantum world of ultra-tiny particles, work that could help in creating a new generation of super-fast computers.

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Bob Stoltzfus cools down with a fan and cool air escaping from a refrigerator while taking inventory of his egg supply at the Mississippi Farmers Market in Jackson, Miss., on Thursday.

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