16 août 2012
Research Intelligence - The glittering prizes cast their gleam
By Elizabeth Gibney. Awards can raise profile and state funding for academic disciplines. Elizabeth Gibney reports
Earlier this month, Russian billionaire Yuri Milner shocked the science world when he announced a plan to give nine scientists prizes of $3 million (£1.9 million) each for their work in areas of as yet unproven fundamental physics.
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