This year’s Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine is awarded to three scientists for their work on how chromosomes can be copied in a complete way during cell divisions and how they are protected against degradation.

The 2009 Nobel Prize in Physics goes to three scientists who have had important roles in shaping  modern information technology.

Each 2009 Nobel Prize will amount to 10 million Swedish kronor (~ $1,438,493), with the sum of the Nobel Prizes (Physics, Chemistry, Physiology/Medicine, Literature and Peace) totaling 50 million Swedish kronor (~ $7,192,465).

Source: http://nobelprize.org/index.html

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