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Molecular biologist and biophysicist Richard Henderson speaks during a television interview, following the announcement that he is a joint winner of the 2017 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, at the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology in Cambridge, Britain October 4, 2017. REUTERS/Toby Melville

Imaging molecules

Jacques Dubochet of Switzerland, Richard Henderson of the U.K. and Joachim Frank of the U.S. have been awarded this year’s Nobel Prize in Chemistry fo
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Nobel prize winner Jeffrey C. Hall poses at his home in Cambridge, Maine, Monday, Oct. 2, 2017. Hall, along with Michael Rosbash and Michael W. Young, won the 9-million-kronor ($1.1 million) prize for their work on finding genetic mechanisms behind circadian rhythms, which adapt the workings of the body to different phases of the day, influencing sleep, behavior, hormone levels, body temperature and metabolism. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)

Inner timekeeper

The 2017 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to Jeffrey C. Hall, Michael Rosbash and Michael W. Young for their research that concl
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California Institute of Technology (Caltech) physicist Kip S. Thorne, who shares the 2017 Nobel Prize for Physics with Caltech's Barry Barish and MIT's Rainer Weiss, poses in an undated photo. Courtesy of California Institute of Technology/Handout via REUTERS NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES. THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. MANDATORY CREDIT

Catching cosmic chirps

This year’s Nobel Prize in Physics has been awarded to three U.S. scientists, Rainer Weiss, Kip S. Thorne and Barry C. Barish, for their contribution
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New Delhi: File photo of renowned scientist and academician, Professor Yash Pal who passed away on Monday night at his home in Noida, Uttar Pradesh. He was 90. PTI Photo (PTI7_25_2017_000324B)

For the love of science

Yash Pal’s (1926-2017) career spanned many decades and disciplines but his main commitment was to demystify science and instil in students a wonder fo
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