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  1. 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.

    By Peter Weiss
  2. 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.

    By Nathan Seppa
  3. 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.

    By Sid Perkins
  4. Astronomy

    New alcohol added to space-stuff catalog

    Researchers have discovered the molecule vinyl alcohol in space.