2008 Nobel Prize for Physics Honors Subatomic Breakthroughs

Alfred NobelTwo Japanese scientists and an American won the 2008 Nobel Prize in physics for their work in subatomic physics. Yoichiro Nambu of University of Chicago,United States receive the half price and Makoto Kobayashi and Toshihide Maskawa share the other half. The insights of the three scientists “give us a deeper understanding of what happens far inside the tiniest building blocks of matter,” said the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.