In its 11th edition, the� BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award in Basic Sciences �was presented to Anne L'Huillier (Lund University, Sweden), Paul Corkum (University of Ottawa, Canada) and Ferenc Krausz (Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics, Germany). These three pioneers of what is known as 'attosecond physics' or 'attophysic' have made it possible to observe the movement of subatomic particles over the shortest time scale captured by human beings. According to the committee, t...

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