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The Conversation: Discussion with the 2020 Nobel Prize Winners in Chemistry and Physics
Category: Government & Organizations
Duration: 00:51:32
Publish Date: 2020-12-28 23:00:40
Description: 125 years ago, Swedish inventor Alfred Nobel established the Nobel Prize for contributions in Physics, Chemistry, Medicine and Peace that have made the greatest benefit to humankind. Today, we replay a broadcast with two women scientists with ties to Hawaii who received the prestigious award. Biochemist Jennifer Doudna is a genome editing pioneer. She is a University of California Berkeley professor and Hilo High graduate. She is a co-winer of this year's Nobel Prize in Chemistry for her work with what's known as CRISPR technology. Astroner Andrea Ghez is a professor at the University of California, Los Angeles and director of the UCLA Galactic Center Group. She's spent a quarter century studying the black hole - 20 of those years using at the W.M. Keck Observatory on Mauna Kea. She shares this year's Nobel Prize for Physics. Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the two Nobel laureates received their awards at their respective homes in California. As in years past, the prize winners
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