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The Announcement of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry!
Announcement time:
Wednesday, October 8
11.45 a.m. CET
09.45 a.m. GMT
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Curious Chemistry
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On Being a Scientist
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X-ray Determination
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Nobel Prize Announcements 2008
Medicine
To Harald zur Hausen, Françoise Barré-Sinoussi and Luc Montagnier for discoveries of viruses linked to disease.
Chemistry
Wednesday, October 8
11.45 a.m. CET
09.45 a.m. GMT
Peace
Friday, October 10
11.00 a.m. CET
09.00 a.m. GMT
Physics
To Yoichiro Nambu, Makoto Kobayashi and Toshihide Maskawa for discoveries concerning nature's broken symmetry.
Literature
Thursday, October 9
01.00 p.m. CET
11.00 a.m. GMT
Economics
Monday, October 13
1.00 p.m. CET
11.00 a.m. GMT
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