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#OnThisDay, 10 Dec 2018, Donna Strickland – along with Arthur Ashkin and Gérard Mourou – accepts the Nobel prize for Physics.
Only the third woman to win the physics prize, her wikipedia biography had previously been declined for lack of notability.
nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/…
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Nobel Prize in Physics 2018
The Nobel Prize in Physics 2018 was awarded "for groundbreaking inventions in the field of laser physics" with one half to Arthur Ashkin "for the optical tweezers and their application to biological systems", the other half jointly to Gérard Mourou a…NobelPrize.org
#OnThisDay, 10 Dec 2009, Ada E. Yonath – alongside Venkatraman Ramakrishnan and Thomas A. Steitz – accepts the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for their work on ribosomes.
She gave her lecture on 8 December: nobelprize.org/prizes/chemistr…
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Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2009
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2009 was awarded jointly to Venkatraman Ramakrishnan, Thomas A. Steitz and Ada E. Yonath "for studies of the structure and function of the ribosome"NobelPrize.org
#OnThisDay, 10 Dec 2009, Elizabeth H. Blackburn, Carol W. Greider and Jack W. Szostak accept the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for their work on chromosomes.
They gave their lectures on 7 December:
nobelprize.org/prizes/medicine…
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Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2009
The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2009 was awarded jointly to Elizabeth H. Blackburn, Carol W. Greider and Jack W. Szostak "for the discovery of how chromosomes are protected by telomeres and the enzyme telomerase"NobelPrize.org