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A Jewish scientist from New York has been awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry, for his achievements in cell work. Robert J. Lefkowitz, 61, shares the honor with Brian K. Kobilka, a researcher at Stanford University. The prize was awarded to the men for their “groundbreaking discoveries that reveal the inner workings of an important family...of receptors: G-protein–coupled receptors.” Lefkowitz is a physician and biochemist at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute of Duke University. Working with …More

A French-Jewish scientist has won the Nobel Prize in Physics for his work in quantum systems. Serge Haroche, born in Morocco but living and working in France, called the honor "overwhelming." “I was in the street [when I got the news] and passing a bench so I was able to sit down,” he said at a news conference Tuesday. Haroche, 68, was awarded the honor with David Wineland of the US, for their “groundbreaking experimental methods that enable measuring and manipulation of individual quantum …More