American, French and Canadian win Nobel Prize in Physics 2018

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A trio won the Nobel Prize in Physics, announced today (2), by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. The winners are American Arthur Ashkin, Frenchman Gérard Mourou and Canadian Donna Strickland for their "inventions in the field of laser physics".

Arthur Ashkin researches “the optical tweezer and its application to biological systems”, while Gérard Mourou and Donna Strickland develop studies on “the method of generating ultrashort, high-intensity optical pulses”.

The Medicine Novel Prize The round of successful research in science opened yesterday.

American James P. Allison and Japanese Tasuku Honjo were the winners. Working on separate research, the two scientists discovered a type of cancer therapy that causes the body's defense cells to attack tumors.
 
This Wednesday, the 3rd, will be the time for the announcement of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry, then for Peace and, finally, for Economics, next week.
(Agency Brazil)

 

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Arthur Ashkin, Gérard Mourou and Donna Strickland

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