The 2007 Nobel prizes in the sciences were announced early this week.
MAGNETIC SANDWICH. Modern hard disks read data as magnetic fields change the electrical resistance of a nanoscale circuit in the reading head. iStockphoto
Physiology or Medicine
The discovery of techniques to identify the roles of genes has earned three scientists the 2007 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.
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