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  1. Chemistry

    Nobel Prize in chemistry commends finding and use of green fluorescent protein

    One researcher is awarded for discovering the protein that helps jellyfish glow and two for making the protein into a crucial tool for biologists.

    By Tina Hesman Saey
  2. Health & Medicine

    Pigs use mirrors

    After some time to play around with a mirror, pigs figure out what to do when they glimpse a reflection of food.

    By Susan Milius
  3. Chemistry

    Nobel Prize in chemistry awarded for ribosome research

    Ada Yonath, Thomas Steitz and Venkatraman Ramakrishnan will share the prize for unmasking the structure of the ribosome.

    By Rachel Ehrenberg
  4. Space

    Largest known planetary ring discovered

    Researchers have found a dusty band that circles Saturn and has a radius of more than 12 million kilometers.