Nobel Prize in Physics in 1906 Created 2026-10-18 Updated 2026-10-20
Joseph John Thomson received the award for theoretical and experimental research on electric currents through gases.[ref]
The Nobel Prize in Physics 1906 by Nobel Prize Outreach. Official summary: laureates, prize shares and motivation
The Thomson charge-to-mass experiment connects cathode rays to the measurable charge-to-mass ratio of an electron.