Physicist Stephen Hawking wins award
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Physicist Stephen Hawking received the highest award for scientific achievement Thursday for his work in theoretical physics and cosmology.
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STOCKHOLM, Sweden - The Nobel Prize in physics is like a scientific riddle: speculation about who could win equals the sheer complexity of the work examined for the coveted award.    This year's choice, which is to be announced Tuesday by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, could be involved in the search for dark matter or nanotubes...
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Every year for more than 20 years, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has awarded a Nobel Prize for physics. And every year, Frank Wilczek has looked forward to the announcement with a mixture of excitement and dread.
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Americans John Mather and George Smoot won the 2006 Nobel prize for physics on Tuesday for spearheading a satellite program that added weight to the Big Bang theory of the origin of the universe.
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Americans John C. Mather and George F. Smoot won the 2006 Nobel Prize in physics on Tuesday for work that helped cement the big-bang theory of the universe and deepen understanding of the origin of galaxies and stars.
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Two Israelis and an American won the 2004 Nobel Prize for Chemistry on Wednesday for helping to understand how the human body gives the &quot;kiss of death&quot; to faulty proteins to defend itself from diseases like cancer.
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Space expert Professor Stephen Hawking says mankind must move to another planet to safeguard its future.
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The Nobel Prize in physics is like a scientific riddle: speculation about who could win equals the sheer complexity of the work examined for the coveted award.
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Melvin Schwartz shared the 1988 Nobel Prize in Physics for generating a beam of wispy particles known as neutrinos.
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Excerpts from the citation awarding the 2004 Nobel Prize in physics to David J. Gross, H. David Politzer and Frank Wilczeck, for their work in the exploration of strong force and quarks.
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American Roger Kornberg won the 2006 Nobel prize for chemistry for work on how cells copy genetic information to be used by the body, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences said on Wednesday.
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Americans David J. Gross, H. David Politzer and Frank Wilczeck won the 2004 Nobel Prize in physics on Tuesday for their exploration of the force that binds particles inside the atomic nucleus.
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Americans David J. Gross, H. David Politzer and Frank Wilczek won the 2004 Nobel Prize in physics on Tuesday for their explanation of the force that binds particles inside the atomic nucleus.
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Erano responsabili del progetto Nasa che misurÃ² la radiazione cosmicaa microonde. Calcoli fondamentali per verificare la teoria del Big Bang                                            Il Nobel per la fisica agli americani Mather e Smoot
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Americans John Mather and George Smoot won the 2006 Nobel prize for physics on Tuesday for their work with a satellite which provided increased support for the Big Bang theory of the origin of the universe.
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STOCKHOLM, Sweden -- Americans John C. Mather and George F. Smoot won the 2006 Nobel Prize in physics on Tuesday for work that helped cement the big-bang theory of the universe and deepen understanding of the origin of galaxies and stars.