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Nobel prizes go to scientists harnessing odd phenomena

Superconductivity, superfluidity, imaging with magnetism, and membrane chemistry

By Nathan Seppa, Peter Weiss and Kate Ramsayer

- More than 2 years ago

The 2003 Nobel prizes in the sciences were announced early this week.

A PEEK INSIDE. Magnetic resonance imaging scans, such as this one of the brain, can help physicians diagnose cancer.

Physiology or Medicine

Two scientists will share this year’s Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for their groundbreaking work in producing images of internal organs by inducing live tissues to emit tiny radio signals.