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09 October 2007

Two Europeans win Nobel Prize in physics

Two European scientists who independently discovered a phenomenon known as giant magnetoresistance are sharing the 2007 Nobel Prize for physics. The finding by France's Albert Fert and German Peter Gruenberg lets iPods and other digital devices store tons of data on ever-shrinking hard disks.

Watch the AP video report above for more details and for an in-depth report, read this story filed today from Stockholm, Sweden.

--Paul Chavez

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