Aaron Klug, Nobel-winning scientist who examined molecular structure, dies at 92

https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Aaron-Klug-Nobel-winning-scientist-who-examined-13418637.php

by pseudolus • 8 years ago

54 4 8 years ago

92 yo, so I searched and here it is: "Winning a Nobel prize adds nearly two years to your lifespan - and it's not because of the cash that goes with it.

Research from Warwick University reveals that the status alone conferred on a scientist by the world's most famous prize is enough to prolong his life (only male laureates and contenders were studied because women tend to live longer)." https://www.theguardian.com/education/2007/jan/17/highereduc...

gooseh• 8 years ago

Do the effects of two Nobel prizes compound? One data point says yes: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_Sanger

gilleain• 8 years ago

His prize was :

for his development of crystallographic electron microscopy and his structural elucidation of biologically important nucleic acid-protein complexes.

Including virus structure, such as tobacco mosaic virus:

http://pdb101.rcsb.org/motm/109

spacesuitman2• 8 years ago

What an incredibly annoying website, popups, auto-playing videos, loaders that cause the page to bob up and down for a good 5 seconds. Yuck.

Aaron Klug, Nobel-winning scientist who examined molecular structure, dies at 92

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