A clever trick borrowed from jellyfish has earned two Americans and one Japanese scientist a share of the chemistry Nobel Prize.
Martin Particle physics celebrates Nobel ...
Japanese condoms become unlikely victim of territorial dispute ... Chalfie, Roger Tsien and Osamu Shimomura made it possible to exploit the genetic mechanism responsible for luminosity in the marine creatures.
Today, countless scientists use this knowledge to tag biological systems.
These glowing markers will show how brain cells develop or cancer cells spread through tissue.
The Nobel Prizes - which also cover physics, medicine, literature, peace and economics (more properly called the Sveriges Riksbank Prize) - are valued at 10m Swedish Kronor (Ј800,000; $1.4m).
Laureates also receive a medal and a diploma.
(BBC)
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