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two americans, saul permutter and adam riess and an australian, brian schmidt were awarded the top awardfield. the committee said they're studying dozens of exploded stars, called supernovas led them to conclude that the universe is continuing to expand. the study surprised the world, the expansion of the universe had thought to have been slowing down. >>> in the second part of our series on refugees, tonight we take a look at people from myanmar. currently, half a million of them are thought to be displaced, both inside the country and around the world. some ended up in japan. last thursday, 18 refugees from myanmar left for japan under its pilot scheme to resettle displaced people, now in its second year. the four families fled myanmar and had been living at a camp in northwest thailand. in japan they will look for work and a place to live while finishing half a year's program to learn about the culture and language. many who came on the program last year faced problems adjusting and learning japanese. nhk world's yuko aotani looks at a recently released documentary that tells the stor

adam rice is sharing the prize with saul pearlmutter and brian schmidt. honored for their discovery that the universe is expanding at an accelerating pace. today reese says he couldn't have done it without his colleagues. >> we have to use these incredibly powerful complicated instruments and facilities that take decades to build and require people to risk their lives in some case to put new instruments on them, require political will in order to get them done and if we're really lucky at the en, people like me get to have -- end, people like me get to have fun. well, we don't get to city at the prime focus of hubble but we -- sit at the prime focus of hubble, but we do get to beam down the data we ask for. >>> downstairs in the newsroom talking about the new iphone 4s with pete erickson, an entrepreneur of emerging technologies. thanks for coming in, want to fire up some fast questions and you can give mitch the reasons why we at home -- me the reasons why we at home should buy. this one, it's got a faster processor. why die care if i'm not a gamer -- do

scientists today: brian schmidt of australian national university, adam riess of johns hopkins university, and saul perlmutter of university of california, berkeley. that research found the universe is expanding at an accelerating rate. perlmutter was recently profiled on quest, a science program produced by kqed-san francisco. here's part of that story. it's narrated by andrea kissack. >> i was one of those kids who always thought that we should know how the world works and understand it. here we live on earth and we don't fall through the floor. somebody should have given us an owner's manual about how the whole thing fits together and how you use it. >> reporter: in 1998 perlmutter was part of one of two teams that discovered the expansion of the universe, had started to accelerate 7 billion years ago. but what exactly does it mean that the expansion is accelerating? first, you have to understand the universe is infinite, not an easy concept to grasp. >> look, you're not going to be able to take to this very well but just imagine that you are living here on a galaxy and there's gal beingsees for

saul perlmutter is a physics professor at uc berkeley. he will share the 1.5 million dollar prize with fellow american rice and u.s.-australian citizen brian schmidt. their study found the expansion of universe is accelerating, meaning the universe is destin today expand forever. the discovery lead to speculation there's still an unknown type of energy that is pushing the universe apart. >>> 6-year-old girl will be laid to rest today a week after she was struck and kill by a car in an east palo alto crosswalk. her death has triggered angry response who want the driver charged and a safer intersection. terry mcsweeney is live with more. >> reporter: the east palo alto city council is expected to get an earful tonight from friends and family of the 6-year-old girl killed last week across the street from where i am you can see the memorial is still there. lots of toys and candles. same intersection where 6-year-old really torres was kill and another child injured badly six months ago a place known as one of the most dangerous intersections at the city. look at last night's funeral for the girl prayers and tears and anger we are told. some of