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  1. Chemistry

    Nobel prize: Chemistry

    The 2001 Nobel Prize in Chemistry recognizes the development of molecules for catalyzing fundamental reactions used to make countless pharmaceuticals.

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  2. Physics

    Nobel prize: Physics

    Three scientists have jointly won the 2001 Nobel Prize in Physics for creating the first samples, 6 years ago, of a long-sought and strange state of matter called a Bose-Einstein condensate.

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  3. Health & Medicine

    Nobel prize: Physiology or medicine

    The 2001 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine goes to three researchers who pioneered work in cell division.

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  4. Paleontology

    Large shadows fell on Cretaceous landscape

    Paleontologists have unearthed the remains of what they believe could be the largest flying creature yet discovered—a 12-meter-wingspan pterosaur.

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  5. Astronomy

    New alcohol added to space-stuff catalog

    Researchers have discovered the molecule vinyl alcohol in space.

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  6. Humans

    Nobel prizes mark 100th anniversary

    This year the Nobel prizes are a century old.

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  7. Animals

    Wild gerbils pollinate African desert lily

    Scientists in South Africa have found the first known examples of gerbils pollinating a flower.

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  8. Sound learning may hinge on cue contrasts

    Training yields much more improvement in the ability to discriminate subtle differences in the loudness of sounds entering the right and left ears than in the timing of sounds arriving in each ear, a finding with implications for treating some speech and language disorders.

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  9. Astronomy

    Distant spiral galaxy poses for Gemini

    The newly operating Gemini Multi-Object Spectrograph instrument on the Gemini North Telescope on Mauna Kea, Hawaii, took a high-resolution composite photograph of a galaxy 30 million light-years away.

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  10. Health & Medicine

    Sperm Protein May Lead to Male Pill

    A protein that helps sperm move their tails may be a perfect target for a male contraceptive.

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  11. Materials Science

    Adhesive loses its stick with heat

    A new type of epoxy adhesive loses its stickiness when heated, allowing easy separation of materials that were once tightly bonded.

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  12. Materials Science

    Tiny detector finds hydrogen better

    Researchers have made a miniature device that can quickly detect hydrogen leaks.

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