Three scientists who created the technology behind digital photography and helped link the world through fibre-optic networks shared the 2009 Nobel Prize in physics on Tuesday. Charles K Kao was cited for his breakthrough involving the transmission of light in fiber optics while Willard S Boyle and George E. Smith were honored for inventing an imaging semiconductor circuit known as the CCD sensor.
Researchers to share award for work that improved understanding of cells.
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/us-trio-wins-medicine-nobel-for-ageing-research/102723-11.html
French author lists writers who have inspired his work.
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/le-clzio-dedicates-nobel-to-urdu-hindi-writers/80085-40.html
Their discovery has helped in studying brain cells, tracking tumours.
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/3-scientists-win-chemistry-nobel-for-glowing-protein/75379-11.html
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