Astronomy
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William J Borucki
"for his conceiving and leading the Kepler mission, which greatly advanced knowledge of both extrasolar planetary systems and stellar interiors."
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Bonnie L Bassler
E Peter Greenberg
"for elucidating the molecular mechanism of quorum sensing, a process whereby bacteria communicate with each other and which offers innovative ways to interfere with bacterial pathogens or to modulate the microbiome for health applications." |
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Gerd Faltings
Henryk Iwaniec
"for their introduction and development of fundamental tools in number theory, allowing them as well as others to resolve some longstanding classical problems." |
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