Osamu Shimomura shared the Nobel Prize for Chemistry for discovering a green fluorescent protein in jellyfish (right). The glowing protein (top) advanced the study of living organisms.
(JOSH REYNOLDS/ASSOCIATED PRESS (LEFT); HARVARD UNIVERSITY VIA AP (TOP RIGHT); OSAMU SHIMOMURA)
Woods Hole scientist shares Nobel
Jellyfish discovery aids cell research
Osamu Shimomura shared the Nobel Prize for Chemistry for discovering a green fluorescent protein in jellyfish (right). The glowing protein (top) advanced the study of living organisms.
(JOSH REYNOLDS/ASSOCIATED PRESS (LEFT); HARVARD UNIVERSITY VIA AP (TOP RIGHT); OSAMU SHIMOMURA)
WOODS HOLE - It had been less than nine hours since 80-year-old Osamu Shimomura learned that he had won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry, and the soft-spoken scientist had this to say: "It has ruined my life." (Full article: 980 words)
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