<div>Three scientists have won the Nobel Prize in Physics.&nbsp;</div>”<div><br />”</div>”<div>They are Arthur Ashkin, Gerard Mourou and Donna Strickland. Dr Ashkin is from the US, Dr Mourou is French and Dr Strickland is of Canada.&nbsp;</div>”<div><br />”</div>”<div>The three researchers have been awarded for inventions in the field of laser physics which have paved the way for advanced precision instruments used in industry and medicine.&nbsp;</div>”<div><br />”</div>”<div>The BBC reports that Dr Ashkin developed a laser technique described as optical tweezers, which is used to study biological systems.&nbsp;</div>”<div><br />”</div>”<div>Drs Mourou and Strickland developed a way of generating high intensity and very short laser pulses.</div>”<div><br />”</div>”<div>Donna Strickland is only the third female physics laureate and the first woman in 55 years to win the prize.</div>