Nobel honours sub-atomic world
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US scientists David Gross, David Politzer and Frank Wilczek have won the 2004 Nobel Prize for physics. They have been honoured for their insights into the deep structure of matter - the materials that build atoms and the forces that hold them together.
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Americans John Mather and George Smoot won the 2006 Nobel prize for physics for work that helped shed light on the infancy of the universe, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences said on Tuesday.
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Americans John Mather and George Smoot won the 2006 Nobel prize for physics on Tuesday for work on cosmic radiation that helped pinpoint the age of the universe and added weight to the Big Bang theory of its birth.
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A theory of how the universe expanded and a tool used to expand global communication networks are being touted as breakthroughs worthy of this year's Nobel Prize in physics.
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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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It could be tiny fibers that may one day replace steel, or catalysts that have led to environmentally friendly plastics. Guessing the winner of the Nobel Prize for chemistry has often stumped researchers and pundits alike.
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STOCKHOLM, Sweden  - In a tradition that has become as venerable as the 103-year-old Nobel Prizes themselves, the guessing game over who will take home the world's most coveted awards next week has entered full swing.
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A Norwegian and an American won the 2004 Nobel prize in economics Monday for their work in determining the consistency of economic policy and the driving force behind business cycles worldwide, work that has shown how the money supply can affect international trade.
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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 "kiss of death" to rogue proteins to defend itself from diseases like cancer.
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Prof Wangari Maathai took to the world stage in a defining moment yesterday and received the 2004 edition of the world&#39;s most coveted award, the gold Nobel Peace Prize, at an elaborate ceremony in Oslo, Norway.
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Two Israelis and an American won the Nobel Prize in  Chemistry yesterday for discovering the method by which cells tag proteins that are defective or have outlived their usefulness and direct them to the cellular machinery that grinds them up into reusable parts.
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Three Americans won the Nobel Prize in physics yesterday for revealing three decades ago how forces in the atomic nucleus keep it from flying apart -- a discovery that has given scientists
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American Roger Kornberg won the 2006 Nobel prize for chemistry on Wednesday for describing the essential process of gene copying in cells, research that can give insight into illnesses such as cancer and heart disease.
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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 John Mather and George Smoot won the 2006 Nobel prize for physics on Tuesday for finding the background radiation that finally nailed down the Big Bang theory of the origin of the universe.
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Three Americans yesterday won the Nobel Prize in Physics for describing the force that shapes the structure of atomic nuclei, a key to understanding the
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David Gross, David Politzer and Frank Wilczek won the 2004 Nobel physics prize Tuesday for explaining how the basic building blocks of nature, quarks, interact to make a coin spin or build the entire universe.