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2009 Nobel Prize In Chemistry: Resolving The 3-D Structure Of Ribosomes
October 7th, 2009 | 
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This year’s winners of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry have been announced: they’re Venkatraman Ramarkrishnan (Cambridge, UK); Thomas A. Steitz (Yale, USA); and Ada E. Yonath ( Rehovot, Israel). The three have been honored for their work (carried out independentlyfrom each other) into deciphering the 3-D molecular structure of ribosomes. They’re pictured above (photo from Reuters). Read the rest of this entry »
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2009 Nobel Prize For Medicine: The Discovery Of Telomeres
There is no greater prize in science. Keep your Albert Einstein World Award of Science. Pfft to your National Medal of Science. And spfff to your Arkansas State Fair Best Cow (Milkers Class). The one they’re all out there to win is The Nobel Prize. And this year’s winners in the field of medicine have just been announced: Elizabeth Blackburn, Carol Greider and Jack Szostak. Congrats to them all, and let’s have a look at what got them there. Read the rest of this entry »