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Two Americans, one Japanese win Nobel physics prize
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STOCKHOLM, Sweden - A Japanese and two American astrophysicists
won the Nobel Prize in physics Tuesday for using some of the most
obscure particles and waves in nature to increase understanding of
the universe.
Riccardo Giacconi, 71, of the Associated Universities Inc. in
Washington, D.C., will get half of the $1 million prize for his role
in "pioneering contributions to astrophysics, which have led to the
discovery of cosmic X-ray sources."
Raymond Davis Jr., 87, of the Univers...
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