The 2010 CUNY Nobel Science Challenge: The Science Behind the Prize A Competition for CUNY Undergraduate Students Oct 19, 2010

The Nobel Prizes in physiology or medicine, physics, chemistry, and economics were recently announced. You are invited to describe in 1000-1500 words, the scientific concepts behind the work for which one of the 2010 Nobel winners received their respective prize and the present and future significance of the research to humanity. The outlines must make the science accessible to the lay person.

Prizes: Apple iMac Computer; Apple iPad; Amazon Kindle wireless reading device

For more information, visit http://www.cuny.edu/research.html.