Novel Prizes rush

Nobel Prize in Physics was announced the day before yesterday and 3 winners are all Japanese, Yoichiro Nanbu, Makoto Kobayashi and Toshihide Masukawa. Three Japanese!

From left, Makoto Kobayashi, Toshihide Masumawa, Yoichiro Nanbu

Then Nobel Prize in Chemistry was announced yesterday and one of winners is Osamu Shimomura who is Japanese! Wow!!

Osamu Shimomura, holding the test tube containing GFP

Elementary particle physics? CP symmetry violation? Green Fluorescent Protein? Actually I have no idea about their findings. All I can say is that these 4 people have one thing in common. It's that they have intense curiosity. Their intense curiosity brought their excellent findings. Although they are now old men, they don't lose their curiosity. What a wonderful thing!