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In the foothills of the Colorado Rockies, the U.S. Commerce Department runs a lab. Scientists there are searching for evermore precise methods of measuring things. And while that sounds very practical, the lab is actually at the cutting edge of the mind-bending science of quantum physics. Several Nobel physics laureates work there. And today, one more scientist from the lab learned that he will share in a Nobel.
NPR's Richard Harris tells us
