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JULY 2018

 
The Nature of Discovery
Eureka!
Progress in science is far from a smooth ride. The Eureka moments that have defined our world often requires one extra ingredient: luck. Years of study and hard lab work lay the foundations for the ground-breaking insight. Tiny details or apparent mistakes hold the key. Here, Nobel Laureates share their thoughts on how ground-breaking discoveries can be both thrilling and lonely.

"Suddenly it all made sense"
Barry Marshall was awarded the Medicine Prize in 2005 for discovering the bacterium Helicobacter pylori and its role in gastritis and peptic ulcer disease. Here, he talks about luck and scientific discoveries.

Barry Marshall.

Heinrich Rohrer.
"Luck was on our side"
Heinrich Rohrer shared the 1986 Physics Prize for designing a scanning tunneling microscope that produced three-dimensional images of objects down to the atomic level. There were enormous experimental difficulties involved in building such an instrument, and perhaps a dose of luck.

"It doesn't always work"
You must be prepared to fail most of the time, says Medicine Laureate James Rothman. He was one of the three scientists who solved the mystery of how the cell organises its transport system.

James Rothman.

Peter Doherty.
"Wow, this is the way it is"
The best moment is when you see something you didn't expect! Medicine Laureate Peter Doherty, awarded for the discovery of how the immune system recognizes virus-infected cells, shares his thoughts on the best part of being a scientist.

Monthly Quiz
Awarded inventions
In earlier years, inventions were often recognised with Nobel Prizes. Which one of these inventions is NOT Nobel Prize awarded? Make a guess and click to submit your answer.
 
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