. >>> two professors at britain's university of manchester, andre geim and konstantin novoselov are sharing this year's nobel prize in physics. the royal swedish academy of sciences in stockholm, sweden made the announcement on tuesday. the two scientists won the prize for their groundbreaking experiments of the super-thin material called graphene, which is a form of carbon. it is suitable for producing transparent touch screens, light panels, and maybe solar cells. it will also likely be used in the production of powerful computers in the future. geim is 51 and novoselov is 36. both were born in russia and started their careers there. the two laureates have worked together for many years. >>> a japanese research team has discovered one of the world's largest hydrothermal fields off the southern islands of okinawa. rich metal and mineral deposits are often found near fields of this type. the research vessel "chikyu," or "earth," began exploring the sea bed 180 kilometers northwest of nago city in september. the hydrothermal field lies 200 meters below the sea bed, and its superheated fluid

. >>> two professors at britain's university of manchester, andre geim and konstantin novoselov are sharing this year's nobel prize in fphysics. the royal swedish academy of science in stockholm, sweden made the announcement tuesday. the two scientists won the prize for their ground breaking experiments of the super thin material called graphene, which is a form of carbon. graphene is suitable for producing transparent touch screens, light panels, and maybe solar cells. it will also likely be used in the production of powerful computers in the future. geim is 51 and novoselov is 36. both were born in russia and started their careers there. the two laureates have worked together for many years. >>> leaders from 46 asian and european nations have ended their two-day summit in brussels by promising greater cooperation and economic integration of their regions. to close the asia europe meeting or asem on tuesday the leaders >> we need to find common ground and agree on coordinated action between our two continents in order to tackle the pressing issues. >> european leaders were particularly con

. >> andre geim who is 51 years old, my age, i'm still waiting for my nobel prize. >> lehrer: gotcha. >> 51. he is is first nobel prize winner to have won the spoof award, the ignoble prize back in 2000. he likes to play around with electro magnetism because of the super conductivity properties of it. he was able to levitate a frog and whon won what is called the ignoble prize for odd, bizarre science. he did a paper once his co-author was his favorite hamster. now novoselov, both of them are russian nationals. novoselov is younger and served under geim. he is the youngest laureate in nobel physics history since 1973. you know, it's nice to have guys who are having fun, letting the hamster co-author and levitating frogs on the side. it's nice to have guys who are willing to take it with a sense of humor. >> lehrer: it's nice to have miles o'brien as our new science editor. thank you very much, miles. again, welcome. >> you're welcome. thank you. >> woodruff: finally tonight, president obama shined a spotlight on community colleges today as he drew a direct line from the education thes