Belgian physicist Francis Halzen from the University of Wisconsin–Madison is awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics for his "decisive contributions to the IceCube Neutrino Observatory and the discovery of high-energy neutrinos of astrophysical origin". (CNN)
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American scientist Karl Deisseroth of Stanford University, and German biophysicists Peter Hegemann of Humboldt University and Georg Nagel of the University of Würzburg are jointly awarded the Nobel Prize in Medicine for "their discoveries concerning light-gated ion channels and optogenetics". (Reuters)
Scientists identify a new lizard species, Liolaemus archipensis, in Arequipa, Peru. (AFP via Gulf News)
The SpaceX Crew-13 mission to the International Space Station launches, carrying two NASA astronauts, one Roscosmos cosmonaut, and one Canadian Space Agency astronaut, from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida, United States. (AFP via France 24)