Two professors in UK win Nobel Prize for physics
By Karl Ritter And Louise Nordstrom | China Daily | Updated: 2010-10-06 08:25
Russian-born scientist Konstantin Novoselov (left) and his Russian-born colleague, Andre Geim, share the 2010 Nobel Prize for physics for experiments with super-thin carbon matter, the prize committee said on Tuesday. Handout / University of Manchester Via Reuters |
STOCKHOLM - Two Russian-born scientists shared the Nobel Prize in physics on Tuesday for "groundbreaking experiments" with the thinnest, strongest material known to mankind - a carbon vital for the creation of faster computers and transparent touch screens.
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