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**The [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine]] has been awarded to [[James E. Rothman]], [[Randy W. Schekman]] and [[Thomas C. Südhof]], for their work on how [[Vesicle (biology and chemistry)|vesicles]] fuse with [[cell membrane|cell membranes]], releasing their contents.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.theguardian.com/science/2013/oct/07/nobel-prize-in-physiology-or-medicine-2013-live-blog|title=Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2013 – live blog|work=The Guardian|date=7 October 2013|accessdate=7 October 2013}}</ref>
**A new study concludes that research to delay [[aging]] would have greater social and economic benefits than advances in cancer, heart disease and other individual diseases.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.usc.edu/#!/article/55969/delayed-aging-is-better-investment-than-cancer-heart-disease-research/|title=Delayed aging is better investment than cancer, heart disease research|work=The University of Southern California|date=7 October 2013|accessdate=9 October 2013}}</ref>
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**The [[Nobel Prize in Physics]] has been awarded to [[François Englert]] and [[Peter Higgs]] "for the theoretical discovery of a [[Higgs mechanism|mechanism]] that contributes to our understanding of the origin of mass of subatomic particles, and which recently was confirmed through the discovery of the predicted fundamental particle, by the ATLAS and CMS experiments at CERN's [[Large Hadron Collider]]".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/2013/|title=The Nobel Prize in Physics 2013|work=Nobelprize.org|date=8 October 2013|accessdate=8 October 2013}}</ref>
**Researchers in Germany have taken a major step towards using [[graphene]] in solar cells, which could boost their [[Solar cell efficiency|efficiency]]. The material was found to retain its properties even when coated with silicon.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-10/hbfm-mlt100813.php|title=Major leap towards graphene for solar cells|work=University of Exeter|date=8 October 2013|accessdate=9 October 2013}}</ref>
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