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Nobel prize for US, Japanese physicists
Stockholm, October 8
A Japanese and two American researchers won the Nobel Prize in physics today for “pioneering contributions to astrophysics,” including the detection of cosmic neutrinos and cosmic X-ray sources. Raymond Davis, Jr. (87) of the University of Pennsylvania and Masatoshi Koshiba (76) of the University of Tokyo will share half the prize, worth 10 million kronor ($ 1 m), for their research into cosmic neutrinos. Riccardo Giacconi (71) of the Associated Universities Inc in Washington (DC) will get the other half. AP

From left Dr. Riccardo Giacconi, Raymond Davis and Masatoshi Koshiba