Nobel medicine prize goes to research of brain activity
Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel have won the Nobel Prize in medicine for work the Nobel Assembly says has opened a new era in neuroscience.
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Humble Aussie Nobel winner gets straight back to work
Australia's modest Nobel Prize winner has gone back to work where he was treated to a vanilla slice by university colleagues and gave a first-year lecture.
Melbourne professor among Nobel Prize chemistry winners
The University of Melbourne's Richard Robson is one of three winners of the Nobel chemistry prize for a discovery likened to a Harry Potter enchanted handbag.
Nobel Chemistry prize for discovery of quantum dots
A trio of scientists who discovered nanoparticles and quantum dots used in LED-lights, TV-screens and cancer surgery have won the Nobel prize for chemistry.