Every fall, a few scientists receive big recognition when they’re
named winners of the Nobel Prizes in physics, chemistry or medicine.
On
October 8, John Gurdon and Shinya Yamanaka were awarded the Nobel Prize
in medicine for discovering that adult cells can be forced to morph into
other types of cells.
The next day, Serge Haroche and David Wineland
won the physics Nobel for independent experiments related to light and
matter.
And the day after that, Robert Lefkowitz and Brian Kobilka won
the Nobel in chemistry for showing how cells use special molecules
called receptors to communicate.
Each prize, shared between the
winners in that category, brings a cash award of about $1.2 million.
That’s not bad, though the award may come for work the scientists had
done decades earlier.
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