STOCKHOLM, 06 Oct.- (ANA) - Takaaki Kajita of the University of Tokyo and Arthur B. McDonald of Queen’s University were awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics on Tuesday for their discovery of neutrino oscillations, which show that neutrinos — a kind of subatomic particle — have mass.
They will share 8 million Swedish kronor, or about $960,000. They joined 199 laureates, including Albert Einstein, Niels Bohr and Marie Curie, who have been honored with the prize since 1901.
The announcement of the prize was made in Stockholm by Goran K. Hansson, permanent secretary of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, which appoints the prize committee. (ANA)

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