Announcement of the 2010 Nobel Prize in Physics
Live web cast from the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, Stockholm, Sweden.
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Six prizes were awarded for achievements that have conferred the greatest benefit to humankind. The 10 laureates' work and discoveries range from optogenetics to efforts to promote peace and international law.
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