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Scientist wins Nobel 3 days after cancer death (AP)

Family members of Nobel prize winner Ralph Steinman walk in front of a picture of Steinman during a ceremony honoring him at Rockefeller University in New York, Monday, Oct. 3, 2011. From left to right are daughter Lesley Steinman, wife Claudia Steinman and son Adam Steinman. Canadian-born Ralph Steinman, a cell biologist, was awarded the Nobel Prize in medicine on Monday for his discoveries about the immune system, but hours later his university said that he had died three days earlier. The Nobel committee had been unaware of his death. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)AP – Ralph Steinman, a pioneer in understanding how cells fight disease, tried to help his own immune system thwart his pancreatic cancer.


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Nobel Foundation confirms prize to dead scientist (AP)

FILE - In this April 24, 2009 photo, Dr. Ralph Steinman of Rockefeller University speaks during a news conference in Albany, N.Y., Friday, April 24, 2009.  The Nobel committee says American Bruce Beutler and Luxembourg-born scientist Jules Hoffmann have shared the 2011 Nobel Prize in medicine with Canadian-born Ralph Steinman on Monday, Oct. 3, 2011.  Beutler and Hoffman were cited 'for their discoveries concerning the activation of innate immunity.'  Steinman was honored for 'his discovery of the dendritic cell and its role in adaptive immunity.'  (AP Photo/Mike Groll)AP – The Nobel Prize in medicine awarded to a cell biologist who died three days ago will stand, the Nobel Foundation said Monday after examining its statutes against posthumous awards.


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Scientist wins Nobel for medicine days after death (AP)

FILE - In this April 24, 2009 photo, Dr. Ralph Steinman of Rockefeller University speaks during a news conference in Albany, N.Y., Friday, April 24, 2009.  The Nobel committee says American Bruce Beutler and Luxembourg-born scientist Jules Hoffmann have shared the 2011 Nobel Prize in medicine with Canadian-born Ralph Steinman on Monday, Oct. 3, 2011.  Beutler and Hoffman were cited 'for their discoveries concerning the activation of innate immunity.'  Steinman was honored for 'his discovery of the dendritic cell and its role in adaptive immunity.'  (AP Photo/Mike Groll)AP – A cell biologist was awarded the Nobel Prize in medicine on Monday for his discoveries about the immune system but hours later his university said that he had been dead for three days.


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Dead scientist awarded Nobel in medicine (AP)

FILE - In this April 24, 2009 photo, Dr. Ralph Steinman of Rockefeller University speaks during a news conference in Albany, N.Y., Friday, April 24, 2009.  The Nobel committee says American Bruce Beutler and Luxembourg-born scientist Jules Hoffmann have shared the 2011 Nobel Prize in medicine with Canadian-born Ralph Steinman on Monday, Oct. 3, 2011.  Beutler and Hoffman were cited 'for their discoveries concerning the activation of innate immunity.'  Steinman was honored for 'his discovery of the dendritic cell and its role in adaptive immunity.'  (AP Photo/Mike Groll)AP – A Canadian-born scientist was awarded the Nobel Prize in medicine on Monday for his discoveries about the immune system but hours later his university said that he had been dead for three days.


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Scientist finds Gulf bottom still oily, dead (AP)

This Dec. 1, 2010 photo provided by the University of Georgia, made from the submarine Alvin, shows a dead crab with oil residue near it on a still-damaged sea floor about 10 miles north of the BP oil rig accident. Marine biologist Samantha Joye of the University of Georgia said, “We consistently saw dead fauna (animals) at all these sites. It’s likely there’s a fairly large area impacted,” she said. (AP Photo/ University of Georgia, Samantha Joye) NO SALESAP – Oil from the BP spill remains stuck on the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico, according to a top scientist’s video and slides that she says demonstrate the oil isn’t degrading as hoped and has decimated life on parts of the sea floor.


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Iran blames Israel after nuclear scientist killed (AP)

Damage to a car is seen following the detonation of a planted bomb in this still image taken from video in Tehran November 29, 2010. Two car bomb blasts killed one Iranian nuclear scientist and wounded another in Tehran on Monday, Iran's al Alam Arabic language television reported. REUTERS/Alalam via Reuters TVAP – Iran’s president accused Israel and the West of being behind a pair of daring bomb attacks that killed one nuclear scientist and wounded another in their cars on the streets of Tehran on Monday. He also admitted for the first time that a computer worm had affected centrifuges in Iran’s uranium enrichment program.


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Scientist: NKorea has ‘stunning’ new nuke facility (AP)

In this Nov. 13, 2010, photo, American nuclear scientist Siegfried Hecker, left, speaks to media upon returning from North Korea, at Beijing international airport in Beijing, China. North Korea has secretly and quickly built a new facility to enrich uranium, according to the American scientist, raising fears that the North is ramping up its nuclear program despite international pressure. (AP Photo/Kyodo News) JAPAN OUT, MANDATORY CREDIT, FOR COMMERCIAL USE ONLY IN NORTH AMERICAAP – North Korea’s claim of a new, highly sophisticated uranium enrichment facility could be a ploy to win concessions in nuclear talks or an attempt to bolster leader Kim Jong Il’s apparent heir.


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