4 scientists awarded Shaw Prize in Hong Kong

HONG KONG, Nov. 12 (Xinhua) — Four scientists were awarded the Shaw Prize Award here on Tuesday for their prominent work in the prize’s three categories.

The Astronomy prize went to Shrinivas R Kulkarni, George Ellery Hale Professor of Astronomy and Planetary Science at the California Institute of Technology, for his discoveries about millisecond pulsars, gamma-ray bursts, supernovae, and other variable or tran



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