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Recent winners of Nobel Prize in physics

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Recent winners of the Nobel Prize in physics, and their research, according to the Nobel Foundation : ___ _ 2010: Russian-born scientists Andre Geim and Konstantin Novoselov for "groundbreaking experiments regarding the two-dimensional material graphene." _ 2009: British-American Charles K. Kao , Canadian-American Willard S. Boyle and American George E. Smith for breakthroughs in fiber optics and the invention of an imaging semiconductor circuit. _ 2008: U.S. citizen Yoichiro Nambu and...Read Full Story

Italian physicist Cabibbo, passed over for Nobel, dies

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Prominent Italian physicist Nicola Cabibbo, an expert in particle interaction who many said should have shared a Nobel prize in 2008, died Monday aged 75, the ANSA news agency reported. He had been admitted earlier in the day to a Rome hospital with respiratory problems, ANSA said. An American and two Japanese scientists -- Yoichiro Nambu, Makoto Kobayashi and Toshihide Maskawa -- won the 2008 Nobel prize for physics for work based on an idea spawned by Cabibbo, a professor at the University...Read Full Story

National Science Foundation Congratulates 2008 Nobel Laureates in Physics, Chemistry and Economics

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The National Science Foundation (NSF) congratulates the 2008 Nobel laureates, particularly those who have received NSF funding over the years: Paul Krugman, who earned the prize for economics; Yoichiro Nambu, who earned the prize for physics; and Osamu Shimomura, Martin Chalfie, and Roger Y. Tsien who jointly earned the prize for Chemistry. “We are very proud of this year’s laureates and their impressive achievements in a variety of disciplines,” said Arden L. Bement, Jr., NSF director...Read Full Story

Frank Wilczek and Yoichiro Nambu

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.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Frank Wilczek and Yoichiro Nambu , originally uploaded by betsythedevine . Congratulations to Yoichiro Nambu on winning the 2008 Nobel Prize in Physics! Yoichiro Nambu From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation , search This article is related to a current event : Nobel Prize in Physics . Information may...Read Full Story

Noble Prize announced for the Year 2008

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Nobel Foundation announced the Noble Prize Winners were announced for the year 2008 . Here are the below Winners according to the category: Peace - "Martti Ahtisaari" who is the Former President of Finland, worked to end conflicts in troubled spots around the world for more than three decades made him to won the Noble Prize Economics - "Paul Krugman" , A American economist for his analysis of trade patterns and location of economic activity which made him to won the Noble Prize for Economics...Read Full Story

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Six of the seven are from the field of particle physics. Yoichiro Nambu, a professor emeritus at the University of Chicago who won the Nobel Prize in Physics three years ago, is known for his contributions to this field, having devised theoretical ...

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Yoichiro Nambu (born January 18, 1921) is a Japan-born American physicist. He is a professor at the University of Chicago. Yoichiro Nambu, Toshihide Maskawa and Makoto Kobayashi share the 2008 Nobel Prize in Physics for their work on Spontaneous symmetry breaking.

List of 2008 Nobel Prize Laureates