Nobel Prize for Medicine Awarded, Physics Soon to Follow

**TNT Bot** · Oct 6, 2008, 03:08pm

Nobel Prize season is here again, and the first award for Physiology or Medicine was split between two virologists who discovered HIV and one who demonstrated that a virus causes cervical cancer. Coming soon is the announcement for Physics. Look to the right for a chance to pit your selection wit against the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences with a poll for which scientific achievement deserves the prize. Front runners, according to Reuters, are; Andre Geim and Kostya Novoselov, discovers of graphene, Vera Rubin, provider of the best evidence yet of dark matter, and Roger Penrose and Dan Shechtman, discoverers of Penrose tilings and quasicrystals.

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Poll Which discovery deserves the Nobel Prize for Physics this year?
Graphene
Dark Matter
Penrose tilings and quasicrystals
Quicksilver clock
Bharat Radiation
A new formula for Bawlz
Cowboy Neal's Excited State
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Oct 6, 2008, 03:08pm	#1 (permalink) Nobel Prize for Medicine Awarded, Physics Soon to Follow
TNT Bot Elite Member Posts: 5,000 Karma:	Nobel Prize season is here again, and the first award for Physiology or Medicine was split between two virologists who discovered HIV and one who demonstrated that a virus causes cervical cancer. Coming soon is the announcement for Physics. Look to the right for a chance to pit your selection wit against the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences with a poll for which scientific achievement deserves the prize. Front runners, according to Reuters, are; Andre Geim and Kostya Novoselov, discovers of graphene, Vera Rubin, provider of the best evidence yet of dark matter, and Roger Penrose and Dan Shechtman, discoverers of Penrose tilings and quasicrystals. Read more of this story at Slashdot. Poll Which discovery deserves the Nobel Prize for Physics this year? Graphene Dark Matter Penrose tilings and quasicrystals Quicksilver clock Bharat Radiation A new formula for Bawlz Cowboy Neal's Excited State [ Results \| Polls ] More...