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Which physicist won the 1971 Nobel Prize in Physics for discovering the optical pumping method?

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Alfred Kastler

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Which scientist won the 1966 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discovering tumor-inducing viruses?

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Peyton Rous

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Which scientist won the 1948 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discovering DDT’s insecticidal effectiveness?

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Paul Hermann Müller

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Which physicist won the 2018 Nobel Prize in Physics for the optical tweezers technique?

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Arthur Ashkin

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Which astronomer shared the 1974 Nobel Prize in Physics for the discovery of pulsars?

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Antony Hewish

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Which discovery earned Alexander Fleming the 1945 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine?

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Penicillin

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Which instrument earned Gerd Binnig and Heinrich Rohrer the 1986 Nobel Prize in Physics?

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Scanning tunneling microscope

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Which scientist won the 1901 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for developing a serum therapy against diphtheria?

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Emil von Behring

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Which genetic phenomenon earned Barbara McClintock the 1983 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine?

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Transposable elements

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Which enzyme did Jens Christian Skou discover, earning the 1997 Nobel Prize in Chemistry?

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Sodium–potassium ATPase

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What gene-editing method was central to the 2020 Nobel Prize in Chemistry awarded to Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer Doudna?

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CRISPR-Cas9

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Which process won Frances Arnold the 2018 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for developing a powerful biological method?

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Directed evolution

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