Nobel Prize in physics awarded to three scientists analysing electrons in atoms

The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences said their experiments 'have given humanity new tools for exploring the world of electrons inside atoms and molecules'

Pierre Agostini, Ferenc Krausz and Anne L’Huillier have won the Nobel Prize in physics (Anders Wiklund/TT News Agency via AP)

The Nobel Prize in physics has been awarded to three scientists who look at electrons in atoms during the tiniest of split seconds.

Pierre Agostini of Ohio State University in the US; Ferenc Krausz of the Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics and Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich in Germany; and Anne L’Huillier of Lund University in Sweden won the award.