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Strange matter wins Physics Nobel
Source: BBC
The 2016 Nobel Prize in Physics has been awarded for discoveries about strange forms of matter.
Three Britons, David Thouless, Duncan Haldane and Michael Kosterlitz, will share the 8m kronor (£727,000) prize.
They were named at a press conference in Sweden, and join a prestigious list of 200 other Physics laureates recognised since 1901.
The Nobel Committee said this year's laureates had "opened the door on an unknown world".
Read more: http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-37486373
Yoshinori Ohsumi gets Nobel medicine prize
Source: BBC
The 2016 Nobel Prize for physiology or medicine goes to Yoshinori Ohsumi of Japan for discoveries about autophagy - how the body breaks down and recycles cellular components.
Ohsumi's work is important because it helps explain what goes wrong in a range of diseases, from cancer to Parkinson's.
Read more: http://www.bbc.com/news/health-37540927
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