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Nobel Prize
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Nobel Prize
The world’s most prestigious award, which honours those who have made a significant discovery or contribution to humanity. Except for an interruption by World War II, it has been given annually since 1901 for achievements in physics, chemistry, medicine, literature, and peace; it consists of a medal, a personal diploma, and prize money.

Nobel Prize
An award given to a person who has provided seminal thought and work in a particular area of human endeavor and has been recognized for that work by the Nobel Prize committee of the Swedish Academy; NPs are awarded in Physiology or Medicine, Chemistry, Physics, Peace, Economics


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The Nobel Prize is an international award administered by the Nobel Foundation in Sweden.
Despite the fact that the Nobel Foundation has completely eviscerated its own credibility over the past decade by turning its award into an anti-Bush badge, it has never actually used it to insult like it has now.
In the interview to the Nobel Foundation, Dr Venkatraman said that he hoped the work of this year's Nobel laureates of understanding the structure of the ribosome will help design antibiotics that can overcome resistant strains of bacteria.
 
 
 
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