Astronomy
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David Jewitt
Jane Luu
"for their discovery and characterization of trans-Neptunian bodies, an archeological treasure dating back to the formation of the solar system and the long-sought source of short period comets" |
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Franz-Ulrich Hartl
Arthur Horwich
"for their contributions to the understanding of the molecular mechanism of protein folding. Proper protein folding is essential for many cellular functions" |
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Maxim Kontsevich
"for his pioneering works in algebra, geometry and mathematical physics and in particular deformation quantization, motivic integration and mirror symmetry" |
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