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Nobel Prize in Physics Awarded for Black Holes Discoveries, Medicine Award for Hepatitis C Research

HeadlineOct 06, 2020

The Nobel Prize in Physics has been awarded to three scientists for their discoveries related to black holes, which helped reveal “the darkest secrets of the universe.” Roger Penrose, Reinhard Genzel and Andrea Ghez received the award. American astronomer Ghez is only the fourth woman to ever win the Nobel Prize in Physics.

On Monday, two Americans and one British scientist — Harvey Alter, Charles Rice and Michael Houghton — jointly won the 2020 Nobel Prize for Medicine for their work in identifying the hepatitis C virus, which causes cirrhosis and liver cancer. The Nobel Peace Prize will be announced on Friday.

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