Nobel Prize in Physics

French scientist Albert Fert and Peter Grunberg of Germany have won the 2007 Nobel Prize in physics.
They discovered the phenomenon of “giant magnetoresistance”, in which weak magnetic changes give rise to big differences in electrical resistance.
The knowledge has allowed industry to develop sensitive reading tools to pull data off hard drives in computers, iPods [...]

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Nobel Prize in Medicine

Two American scientists and a Briton won the 2007 Nobel Prize in medicine on Monday for groundbreaking discoveries that led to a powerful technique for manipulating mouse genes. The widely used process has helped scientists use mice to study heart disease, diabetes, cancer, cystic fibrosis and other diseases. The prize is shared by Mario R. [...]

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