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He believed that outbreaks of flu are sometimes caused by microbes from outer space
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He believed that outbreaks of flu are sometimes caused by microbes from outer space
'An insidious grinding down of the UK research community'
There is something on the Nobel Foundation website that is driving me crazy
Report has a more measured tone
Particle physicist won 1992 Nobel prize
I'm guessing there are some who want to ensure that scientists don't spoil the bonanza
Breakthrough could boost quantum error correction
I'm going to defer to the cartoon residents of Springfield...
Nobel-prize winner confirmed as Obama's associate director for science