Following a thrilling opening night celebration of the life and work of Dr. Oliver Sacks,nine scientists took domestic Kavli Prizes on Day 2 of the 2016 World Science Festival in recognition of their achievements in astrophysics, nanoscience and neuroscience. The prizes, and which awarded every other year by The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters and approach with a cash award of $1 million each,honored the LIGO Scientific Collaboration’s successful detection of gravitational waves, pioneering efforts in atomic force microscopy, and for the discovery of mechanisms that allow experience and neural activity to remodel brain function.
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