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Nobel Prize in Medicine goes to discoverers of hepatitis C
By Nicoletta Lanese published
Now, there are diagnostic blood tests and antiviral treatments for the virus.
How the Nobel Prize-Winning Exoplanet Was Found
By Paul Sutter published
The 1995 discovery showed that the sun isn't the only star to host a family of planets — something we had long figured but never demonstrated — and also that the universe is really, really weird.
Trio Wins Nobel Prize in Medicine for Figuring Out 'One of Life's Most Essential Adaptive Processes'
By Jeanna Bryner published
This year's Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine has been awarded jointly to three scientists who figured out how cells sense and adapt to changes in levels of oxygen.
Chemistry Nobel Awarded to Scientists for Taking the Reins on Evolution
By Yasemin Saplakoglu published
Evolution is unfolding in test tubes.
Scientist Robbed of Nobel in 1974 Finally Wins $3 Million Physics Prize — And Gives It Away
By Rafi Letzter published
Jocelyn Bell Burnell shocked the physics world when she discovered radio pulsars. But the Nobel committee gave the 1974 award to her supervisor instead.
This Man Won the Top Prize in Mathematics — Then Someone Immediately Stole It
By Rafi Letzter published
Caucher Birkar, a mathematician at the University of Cambridge, won the 14-carat gold Fields Medal, math's version of the Nobel Prize. Then someone stole it.
Scientists Built a New Microscope to Watch Cells, and the Footage Is Breathtaking
By Brandon Specktor published
Stunning new microscope images reveal human cancer cells slinking through blood cells and show molecules coursing through a zebrafish embryo's tiny ear canal.
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