(AP) — A record five women were among the 13 people awarded Nobel Prizes on Thursday, including a writer who depicted life behind the Iron Curtain and researchers who showed how chromosomes protect themselves from degrading.
Source:Nobel Prizes honor a record 5 women in 2009
 AP – A record five women were among the 13 people awarded Nobel Prizes on Thursday, including a writer who depicted life behind the Iron Curtain and two American researchers who showed how chromosomes protect themselves from degrading.
Source:Nobel Prizes honor a record 5 women in 2009
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We’ve heard (and written) plenty on the struggle of women to reach equal footing with men in the sciences. Now, two of the more prominent women in American science are talking up the issue before they accept their Nobel Prizes next week.
Elizabeth Blackburn and Carol Greider, along with a third American, Jack W. Szostak, won [...]
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