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Article: 3 AMERICANS WIN PHYSICS NOBEL FOR SUBATOMIC PARTICLE WORK WEST GERMANS SHARE PRIZE FOR CHEMISTRY.(Main)
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- Albany Times Union (Albany, NY)
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- October 20, 1988
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Byline: Thomas H. Maugh II Los Angeles Times
Three American researchers were awarded the 1988 Nobel Prize in physics Wednesday for their research on an infinitesimal, ghostlike particle called the neutrino.
Their research led to a better understanding of the so-called weak force that holds atoms together and "opened entirely new opportunities for research into the innermost structure and dynamics of matter," the Nobel citation said.
The award, announced by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in Stockholm, ended a five-year drought during which no Americans had won the prestigious physics prize.
Also Wednesday the academy announced ...