and professor don strickland is only the third woman ever to have won a nobel prize in physics.ers were honoured for what the nobel committee called groundbreaking inventions in laser physics. professor strickland devise a way to use lasers as very precise drilling or cutting tools and millions of our operations are performed every year with these sharpest of laser beams. and when professor strickland spoke to me from her home via skype, she was still reeling from the shock of a 5am phone call telling her she had become the first woman in 55 years to wina become the first woman in 55 years to win a physics nobel. how surprising if it that you are the third woman to win this prize? that is surprising. i think that is the story that people want to talk about, that why should it take 60 yea rs. about, that why should it take 60 years. there are so many women out there doing fantastic research, so why does it take so long to get recognised? physics still has one of the largest gender gaps in science. 0ne the largest gender gaps in science. one recent study concluded that at current

reporter: lasers also fascinated donna strickland.long with her mentor, she won the other half of the nobel prize for physics. they invented a new method for creating ultrashort high-intensity laser beams called chirped pulse amplification. the technique produces strong and very precise pulses that do not damage surrounding material that's useful in a wide range of applications. >> that means that we can operate with high precision. that is important both for soldering, but also important if you u make small p parts that ao be inserted in the body. there you need to have the precision and also the reproducibility and making the small details. reporter: donna strickland is only the third women to win a nobel prize for physics. in a phone call during the press conference, she said -- >> well, obviously we need to celebrate women physicists, because we are out there. and hopefully in time it will start to move forward at a faster rate, maybe. i am honored to be one of those women. reporter: the e laser technology will burn her name and t

the nobel prize in physics goes to a woman for the first time in more than fifteen years donna strickland and two other scientists were all up for their groundbreaking inventions in the field of laser physics. i'm from gail welcome to the program or sources in indonesia say the death toll from last week's earthquake and tsunami is now more than twelve hundred meanwhile survivors a growing anger at the government's response with aid slow to arrive people in the disaster zone are running short of food fuel and other essentials. the days after the devastating earthquake and tsunami survivors are still struggling to get hold of eight fuel is in short supply here people are trying to collect as much pecial as they can officials are trying to assure them that more is on the way. and then. logistical aid is coming in so the support being offered to refugees is better compared to day one day two and even yesterday. we still need more time to take care of all the problems because supply chains have been disrupted in the disaster zone the money. each ship will have to contend with pirate touches an

on on the other hand the work done by more rw and and by strickland is it's about high intensity compact laser system so when you're creating a laser you have this problem with your amplifier the certain point the laser just gets so hot and so intense that it destroys it melts the fire they figured out a work around or on that called chirked holds with occasional let me say that one that allows you that allows us to create ever more powerful lasers and to do things like powerful enough to to do things like cut metals so to widely divergent areas but what they have in common is laser physics fascinating stuff and we see the practical application as you mentioned also some of the accomplishments of their work something that was quite interesting though is the fact that donna strickland apparently is the first woman to win. this prize in physics for fifty five years in fact only only three women in total i understand have won the prize and she's joining us and it's really it's really i mean it's hard to believe she's joining a pretty exclusive club that if you have good includes marie curie

and canadian donna strickland the three were honored for their research in the field of laser physics. so did obvious science correspondent derrick wins is joining me now to tell us more about the nobel committee's decision so derek i want us to first look at this prize that was given to lisa physicists why is that why is that happening now with the academy group to together under one common name they called it to for tools of life now lasers play an amazing very very broad role in today's society is there in everything there from the barcode scanners there and just drives we use them in industry there lasers are actually everywhere so they decided to give a. prize that that would honor the people who have done some really groundbreaking work and some of the aspects of this particular field one of the for arthur ashton was for what they call optical tweezers which is using lasers to manipulate very very small organic bodies for example bacteria or viruses or even molecules you can use the laser to manipulate them at a very small scale and not have to kill that particular organism whic

professor strickland: that is thent story people o talk about. thereng are so many women d fantastic research, so why did it take so long? victoria: physics still has one of the largest gender gaps in science. one study concluded that at the current ra it would be more than two centuries before there were equal numbers of senior male and female researchers in the field. >> not only is this great for women, it is great for career researchers that you can make discoveries and inventions that will chae the world and you can do that and any point in your career and it doesn't matter what background were gender you are. victoria: the last woman to win a physics nobel was in 1963, for her discoveries about the nuclei in adams. before that it was marie curie, who shared the 1903 price with her husband, pierre. this is winter hopes that half-century hiat means that the focus in the rcture will be other resea rather than the gender of the researcher. pretoria gill, bbc news. -- vicria gill, bbc news. in just five weeks from now, voters in the u.s. will ca

and finally in the irish times website there is a picture of don strickland who, as we mentioned, is the first female nobel prize winner for 55 years and she becomes only the third woman to win the award after mary cury in 1903 and maria mayer in 1963. huge congratulations to donna. we have cornelia mayer with us. the daily telegraph says cabinet ministers have said to them it isa cabinet ministers have said to them it is a question of when, not if, when it comes to the pm stepping down. it is reminiscent of tony blairand down. it is reminiscent of tony blair and gordon brown, remember when they said, when tony blair was asked to tell what he was stepping down, to step aside? yeah, ifeel sorry for her, it is incredibly unhelpful, because right now she should really concentrate on brexit. this whole brouha ha should really concentrate on brexit. this whole brouhaha in the conservative party, with the brexiteers, jacob rees—mogg, boris johnson, you know, conjuring up all the dissent, it is not helpful because she has to negotiate now with europe, not within her own party. she is, and t

can and the other half to a team of two physicists the frenchman gerard rowe and canadian donna strickland the three were honored for their research in the fields of laser physics. derek williams is here to tell us a little bit more about this decision and to break down what exactly laser physics is first of all derek because i'm not aware are you surprised by the stripes well it wasn't really on anyone's short list to be honest it's also a very diffuse kind of an award it's laser physics is a very broad field in there and they're really giving it you know half and half to these to these to this task and to marie and strickland for really very different accomplishments in the field on the one hand with can you have he manipulates is. biological material with lasers so he's actually using it as a tool so advances in that particular field whereas the advances from ruin strickland date all the way back to the nineteen seventies when she was actually have a ph d. student and it's about it's about intensifying the. the rate at which lasers can be shown in tools and in order to make things so al

donna strickland, from canada, was one of three scientists to share this year's award.rrespondent victoria gill has the story. 2018 nobel prize in physics... the ultimate scientific accolade, and professor donna strickland is only the third woman ever to have won a nobel prize in physics. she and her fellow winners were honoured for what the nobel committee called groundbreaking inventions in laser physics. professor strickland desert, devised a way to use lasers as very precise drilling or cutting tools. millions of eye operations are performed every year with his sharpest of laser beams, and when professor strickland spoke to me from her home via skype, she was still reeling from the shock of the 5am phone call telling her she had become the first woman in 55 years to wina become the first woman in 55 years to win a physics nobel. how surprising do you think it is that you are the third woman to win this prize? well, that is surprising, isn't it? i think that's the story that people want to talk about, that why should it take 60 years? there's so why should it take 60

the ultimate scientific accolade and professor donna strickland is only the third woman ever to have—breaking inventions in laser physics. professor strickland devised a way to use lasers as precise drilling or cutting tools, millions of eye operations are performed every year with these sharpest of laser beams. when professor strickland spoke to me from her home she was still reeling from her home she was still reeling from the shock of a 5am phone call telling her she would have become the first woman in 55 years to win a physics nobel prize. how surprising do think it is that you are the third woman to win this prize?m do think it is that you are the third woman to win this prize? it is surprising. i think that is the story that people want to talk about, why should it take 60 years? there are so many women out there are doing fantastic research, so why does it take so long to get recognise? physics still has one of the largest gender gaps in science. 0ne the largest gender gaps in science. one study concluded that at the current rate it would be more than two centuries until they

ashe again and the other half to a team of two physicists frenchman move or and canadian donna strickland the three were honored for their research in the field of laser physics. and u.w. science journalist anna sacco is joining me now to tell us more about the nobel committee's decision so and this prize is given to louisa physicists why is that. well because first of all laser physics is a really broad field so the price was actually split into two different discoveries you see so ask in one of four optical tweezer that's the thing that he invented which basically allows you to trap living cells in a laser beam and analyze them while they are still living so this is a real game changer for the field because it's a cheaper method a cheaper technology which is already used around around the world and then the other two strickland they developed a method that is called c.p. and what they were able to do is they made places more powerful tool in simple words so this allows us to use them in member more precise way which means we can use them now for. example or for the skin treatments which

of canada were announced as the witness in stock on the ruined strickland developed a way to create more powerful bursts of laser lights with numerous applications including the century an ash can he's ninety six years old created optical tweens this which can grab tiny particles such as molecules and viruses. to sylvia mclean is a lecturer in by a physics at st peters college at oxford university and she joins us via skype now from sussex here in the u.k. thanks very much for joining us and so do issue first of all fifty five years since a female scientist has won this prize why has it taken so long. you might want to ask the nobel prize committee that because they come up with names so maybe they can have a better answer than i can there's also not as many women obviously in physics as there are men because women have been excluded for a long time and there's just not many as many women yet but i think it's getting a bit better but it did feel a bit like divine justice after just a day before this italian physicist turned around in a lecture and said that physics was invented by m

academy recognized the work of american art asking french miniature rod grow i'm canadian dollar strickland who is the first woman for fifty five years to win the award for three help take lasers out of the realm of science fiction and into everyday reality. they did it instruction making objects move with a laser beam without touching them in a t.v. series they called it the tractor beam so. it isn't science fiction anymore at least on a macroscopic level. one of the three winners of the nobel prize in physics after ashkan invented a laser light trap known as optical tweezers. it works like a ping pong ball overhead dryer. and lens focus is the laser creating a spot of high light intensity particles are drawn to that point and tell them place the optical tweezers cantrip viruses speck tyria or other very small living objects without damaging them. in the first part of the prize with to the optical pieces we think stream the important for measuring small forces on individual molecules small objects and this is very very interesting in biology to understand how things like muscle tissue work

professor strickland devised a way to use lasers as very precise drilling or cutting tools.st of laser beams. how surprising do you think it is that you are the third woman to win this prize? well, that is surprising, isn't it? i think most — i think that's the story that people want to talk about, that why should it take 60 years? there's so many women out there doing fantastic research, so why does it take so long to get recognised? here at oxford's department of nuclear physics. physics still has one of the largest gender gaps in science. one recent study concluded that, at the current rates, it would be more than two centuries until there were equal numbers of senior male and female researchers in the field. not only is this great for women, it's great for early career researchers. that you can make discoveries and inventions that can change the world, and you can do that at any point in your career, and it doesn't matter what background or gender you are. the last woman to win a physics nobel was german—born maria goeppert—mayer, in 1963, for her discoveries about the n

professor strickland devised a way to use lasers as very precise drilling or cutting tools.ith these sharpest of laser beams. how surprising do you think it is that you are the third woman to win this prize? well, that is surprising, isn't it? i think most — i think that's the story that people want to talk about, that why should it take 60 years? there's so many women out there doing fantastic research, so why does it take so long to get recognised? here at oxford's department of nuclear physics... physics still has one of the largest gender gaps in science. one recent study concluded that, at the current rates, it would be more than two centuries until there were equal numbers of senior male and female researchers in the field. not only is this great for women, it's great for early career researchers. that you can make discoveries and inventions that can change the world, and you can do that at any point in your career, and it doesn't matter what background or gender you are. the last woman to win a physics nobel was german—born maria goeppert—mayer, in 1963, for her disco

molecules and measure for since maru and strickland developed a better way to design lasers to allow them to alter matter including improving eyesight if you. had good luck of having very good students who had one student her name was donna strickland with whom we were able to carry out this work and i always tell the story because these funny when i told them on a day if the laser she said to me that is simple that he's not a subject for a thesis it is a subject for a nobel prize people. can say is that i'm overwhelmed really i will tell you that over the years because this is for work on a long long time ago. somebody did comment actually somebody from the nobel prize think they think it's the first time ever that someone got it for their very first paper. that over the years when i've met people they have said you know i haven't got that nobel prize yet but i always thought they were kidding with me so i didn't ever think that but the c.p.a. would merit that. yes they will obviously it's a real thrill and i'm looking forward to talking to your art about it now for more than a cent

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donna strickland, from canada, is only the third woman to win the award. in millions of eye operations each year. they share the prize with arthur ashkin for his work using high powered light to move objects. speaking at a news conference, doctor strickland said she was honoured to be part of the team which won the prize. all i can say is that i'm overwhelmed, really. iwill tell you that over the years, because this is for work done a long time ago, somebody did comment, someone from the nobel prize, they think is the first time ever someone got it for the very first paper. so over the yea rs the very first paper. so over the years when i have met people they have said haven't you got that nobel prize yet? but i always thought they we re prize yet? but i always thought they were getting with me, so i didn't ever think that the cpa would merit that. 0bviously, ever think that the cpa would merit that. obviously, it is a real breel and i'm looking forward to talking to gerard about it. people ask me that a lot too out of the 600 e—mails i have received so fa

five years and the oldest ever nobel winner american arthur ashe can frenchman gerard and donna strickland of canada were announced as the winners in stockholm and strickland developed a way to create more powerful bursts of laser light with numerous applications including eye surgery and ashkan who's ninety six years old created optical tweezers which can grab tiny particles such as molecules and viruses i was done in the early to learn that i had the nobel prizes. i was and had to be prepared but. but then you. change the ways people so absolutely stunned and. completely overwhelmed by that of the awarding of the prize to a woman comes just a day after an italian physicist was suspended by cern the european organization for nuclear research for saying in a presentation the true six was invented and built by man the web site al jazeera dot com. and a quick look before we go at the top stories rescue agencies warn time is running out to find survivors from friday's earthquake and tsunami on the indonesian island of pseudo way z. four days after the disaster more than twelve hundred people

strickland is just the third woman ever to win a nobel physics prize, and the first since 1963. strickland's prize comes just three weeks after astrophysicist jocelyn bell burnell was awarded the special breakthrough prize in fundamental physics 50 years after she made a historic astronomical discovery, only to have her male adviser take credit and receive a nobel prize for her work. bell burnell will donate her $3 million award to fund scholarships for women, refugees and other underrepresented groups. and in mexico city giant mexican , a flag was lowered to half-mast in the capital city's main zocalo square tuesday to commemorate the 50th anniversary ofof the tlatelolco massacre. it was october 2, 1968, when hundreds of stududent protesters were g gunned down by soldiers s ththey held peacefeful protestsn the eve of the mexico city olympic games. this is mexican president-elect andres manuel lopez obrador speaking at a ceremony commemorating the anniversary. >> we guarantee that force will never be used again to resolve conflicts, differences, and social protest. we may, to no

donna strickland became only the third woman to win the prize in physics and the first in 55 years. >y is i'm overwhelmed really. i will tell you that over the years, because this is for work done a long, long time ago, somebody did comment. actually somebody from the nobel prize, they think it's the first time ever that someone got it for the very first paper. >> strickland won the nobel in physics with scientists from the u.s. and france. their work paved the way for laser eye surgery to improve vision. it also helped to make lasers deliver more powerful flashes of light. >>> well, coming up on "cbs this morning," chelsea clinton tells us all about her latest book, "start now, you can make a difference." i'm anne-marie green.ie green. this is the "cbs morning news." tremfya® is for adults with moderate to severe plaque psoriasis. with tremfya®, you can get clearer. and stay clearer. in fact, most patients who saw 90% clearer skin at 28 weeks stayed clearer through 48 weeks. tremfya® works better than humira® at providing clearer skin, and more patients were symptom free with tremfya

of canada were announced as the winners in stockholm but rohan strickland developed a better way to design lasers to allow them to alter matter including how to improve eyesight created horse called optical tweezers which scientists to better examine molecules and measure forces shelob ellis looks back now at the previous winners. the nobel prize in physics was first awarded to vill home runs going in one thousand one for discovering x. rays this is one of his first x. ray images an eighteen ninety six it is his wife and his hand complete with a wedding ring two years later one of physics first families was recognized marie and pierre curie won in one thousand nine hundred three for discovering a radioactive elements polonium and radium beer famously said he would not accept the prize and he says wife received equal honors marie went on to also when a nobel prize in chemistry the gender balance wasn't to last they have been two hundred seven physics laureates represented here the two red dots they represent the two female winners beyond curie the only other woman to win was marie ge

and donna strickland of canada were announced as the winners in stockholm nuru and strickland developed a new laser which allows them to old to matter including improving eyesight ashkan created what's called optical tweezers which allows scientists to better examine molecules and measure forces. all right still ahead on the panel that moved iranian champions a step closer to the asian champions league final. thank . you you. always get i was born to his auntie thank you housefull two games just coming up to full time in the group stages of the european champions league man city looking to hit back after their opening loss to leone they were behind early on in germany against hoffenheim but goals from sergio guerra and it's over made it see one a new ventus is game against the young boys a switzerland hattrick from power to bowl have made it three nil watching from the stands in di again this man chris john i run aldo who suspended after being sent off against valencia in their opening game las vegas police have reopened a sexual assaults investigation involving the now that they expect

two of those women have been awarded the nobel prize in physics during that time until now donna strickland of the university of waterloo bard luke and i was awarded the twenty eighteen nobel prize in physics for her groundbreaking inventions in the field of laser physics it is for her work which she coauthored in one thousand nine hundred five in fact it was her very first public scientific paper the work was the discovery of a way to amplify the power of laser beams and short bursts which is the news in laser eye surgeries and help shift the laser industry into overdrive we're now able to use lasers because of her inventions in applications like cutting drilling data storage and surgical procedures all because of strickland's work seven coauthored the study the basis for her doctoral thesis with her ph d. adviser at the time gerard maru who shares credit and will share in the one million dollars prize money when asked what advice would give to her younger self she said hang on for the ride voice you know and for the ride like the other boys look at the smoke and graduation. remember that

of canada or announced as the winners in stockholm morrow and strickland developed a way to create more powerful bursts of laser light with numerous applications including eye surgery and irish can hear is ninety six years old created optical choices which can grab tiny particles such as molecules and viruses i was the early on that i had the nobel prize. i was a little bit. but. but the new. chain soon is always people so. just. completely overwhelmed by it. how i can say is that i'm overwhelmed really i will tell you that over the years because this is for work done a long long time ago. somebody did comment actually someone from the nobel prize think they think it's the first time ever that someone got it for their very first paper. so over the years when i've met people they have said you know i haven't got that nobel prize yet but i always thought they were kidding with me so i don't ever think that but the c.p.a. would merit that. yeah still obviously it's a real thrill and i'm looking forward to talking to you art about it. these are the top stories on al-jazeera rescue agencies

and donna strickland of canada were announced as the witness marouan strickland developed a way to create more powerful busts of laser lights with numerous supplications including eye surgery and ash can who's ninety six years old created treasonous tiny particles such as molecules and viruses how i can say is that i'm overwhelmed really i will tell you that over the years because this is for work done a long long time ago. somebody did comment actually somebody from the nobel prize think they think it's the first time that someone got it for their very first paper . so over the years when i've met people they have. you know i haven't got that nobel prize yet but i always thought they were kidding with me so i didn't ever think about the c.p.a. would merit that. yeah still obviously it's a real thrill and i'm looking forward to talking to you art about it they're warning of the price to a woman comes just a day after an italian physicist was suspended by cern the european organization for nuclear research for saying in a presentation that physics was invented a built by man don't forget t

joining me now to tell us more about the nobel committee's decision so ana we've just heard donna strickland the saying that we have to basically celebrate women physicists because they're there but i want to draw your attention to a d.w.i. article that's on today on all websites and it says of the twenty eighty nobel prize in physics recognize revolutions in laser physics and the lack of a revolution in equality i mean why it is so few women who've won these well first of all we're really happy that a woman was one now and we kind of expected it because it has been so long women have been for the longest time not to recognize or ignore it in science and that's because. of course back in the days thirty years ago when when denominations where. the right when the. committee member of the nobel prize actually said that the nominations reflect the gender balance of thirty years ago so that means that back in the days there were fewer scientists but there were also brilliant scientists just for various reasons so you have to take history into account as well but it's also because i think it's ca

strickland, thank you for being with us. congratulations. i should point out, that method u developed was with dr. morou, with whom you share the prize. you did that work back when you were a graduate student. did you ever imagine that would lead the a nobel prize? no. certainly not when we were working on it. we thought it would be imrtant, but no. >> nawaz: what was that moment like when you got notification? >> it's 5:00 a.m., so your barely thinking,t east for me. it's surprising. it's one of those things you can't believe is happening to you. my husband and i were there going, oh, my goodness. >> nawaz: that work that we mentioned earlier, it has everyday applications. laser eye surgery is one people might be familiar wite whse can people see work? >> i don't know they would see it around them. i think that's the one application that goesight to the public. there are laser machining application other n other things thae,just the but that would be carried out in certain industries, and much of the word that's beie around the world is sti

of calendar have been announced as the winners in stockholm will ruin strickland developed a better way to design lasers to help improve eyesight and create a what's called an optical tweezers which are all scientists to better examine molecules and measure forces shell about us as more previous winners the nobel prize in physics was first awarded to vill home runs can in one thousand zero one for discovering x. rays this is one of his first x. ray images an eight hundred ninety six it is his wife and his hand complete with a wedding ring two years later one of physics first families was recognized marie and pierre curie won in one thousand nine hundred three for discovering a radioactive elements polonium and radium beer famously said he would not accept the prize and he says wife received equal honors marie went on to also when a nobel prize in chemistry the gender balance wasn't her last they have been two hundred seven physics laureates represented here the two red dots they represent the two female winners beyond curie the only other woman to win was marie get at maya and nine

and donna strickland of canada have been of the end of the joint winners in stockholm created what's called an optical tweezer which allows scientists to better examine molecules and measure forces in the ruined strickland developed a better way to design lasers to now them to alter matter including improve eyesight. for quick check of the headlines here on al-jazeera rescue agencies in indonesia warn that time is running out to find survivors from friday's earthquake and tsunami on so louisiana and more than twelve hundred people are now confirmed dead mostly from the small city of aleut four days after the disaster the white house has called the new york times article of a donald trump's tax is misleading and it comes as new york state is to investigate fraud allegations involving the u.s. president the times reports he helped his parents avoid paying taxes the newspaper says he set up a fake corporation with his siblings died millions of dollars in gifts from their parents from reportedly received at least four hundred thirteen million dollars ms father's real estate business iraq

in the last hour dr strickland has been speaking to the media.y her friends about me working rather than staying home and my answer is the world works best if we all do what we are good at. i have in any trained for three yea rs at. i have in any trained for three years and pretended she was much better looking after my children that i was. i said that was the case and she was considered the third pa rent and she was considered the third parent in the family. i was much better and tweaking lasers so i should be out there in the world doing that we should all do what we good at. did i ever think i should be doing something to help humanity? no, we should alljust do what we are good at and it helps the world. as for the prize itself, we wanted to get our heads around the research itself — so we set our science correspondent pallab ghosh a challenge. to explain it under a minute. these two discoveries have enabled a scientist to see the world quite literally in a different light. the first discovery was when lasers first discovery was when lasers fi

ashe him the other half to a team of two physicists the frenchman gerard moore and canadian donna strickland. the three were honored for their research in the field of laser physics. former british foreign minister boris johnson has been speaking on the fringes of the conservative party conference in birmingham the gathering has been marked by a deepening rift over brags that policy or a strong stand was heckled by campaigners when he arrived since resigning in july he has continued to criticize prime minister teresa mayes branksome plan which would see the u.k. stick close to the european union's rules in return for remaining in the blocks single market for goods he's gone so far as to call for the prime minister's proposals he called them categorize them as drain. and in birmingham a massive standing by covering the story for us so bear get i mean you just heard boris johnson speech what do you see is the main takeaways. i think he left delegates a little bit puzzled because his speech was widely anticipated to be a bid for the leadership but that hasn't really happened and it's clear form

interesting in biology to understand how things like muscle tissue works lasers also fascinated donna strickland along with her mentors util move who she won the other half of the nobel prize for physics they invented a new method for creating ultra short high intensity laser beams called chirped pulse simplification the technique produces strong and very precise pulses the don't damage surrounding material like here on the right that's useful in a wide range of applications. new so we can operate with perception that's important both for soldering iron since are you so it's also important to make small pause at all to be inserted in the bore you don't need to have the perception though you also need reproducibility making peace want you to see so i much prefer not strict and is only the third woman to ever want to nobel prize in physics the first in fifty five years in a phone call during the nobel prize press conference she said more like put on so that's one problem. we have our trade off we haven't had the cancer out there. and now probably in the time it'll start forward. i'm honored to be

donna strickland is a canadian scientist and is the third woman to ever win the prestigious award.olleague g rard mourou developed a way of generating very small high intensity laser pulses — a technique now used in millions of eye operations each year. they share the prize with arthur ashkin for his work using high powered light to move objects. i was reading today that this was work from her very first scientific paper. i do not know if anyone has been given a prize for their first scientific work. i would think that is pretty rare. but this technique she perfected is called pulse amplification and it is used in laser machines. it enables doctors to perform any millions of great of laser eye surgeries every year. this brings us mightily to the fact that this is one in the eye for that italian physicist yesterday who said "women get too much funding. they are promoted to positions of responsibility without deserving it". well, mr, take that. indeed, ta ke it". well, mr, take that. indeed, take that. you're right. and he really is interesting because one of the groups i follow on t

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big shout out to strickland. she's the third woman to ever win the nobel prize in physics. >>> let's show you some areas dry in the south bay and as you head towards livermore or the pass. you can see heavier rains off the peninsula. let's broaden the picture and show you how that will hit the north bay once again. a few showers around santa cruz. those will stay mainly in the santa cruz mountains as they try to dip into the south bay. they'll turn into sprinkles at best, maybe a little drizzle. you're the least likely to see rain in the morning commute. we have mid to upper 60s even in our east bay valleys and 62 in pleasant hill. here's a look. seeing is believing. do you know where your umbrella is? most of us. you'll need it at some point. bay bridge toll plaza looking wet. caution on the roadways, caution if you're taking mass transit because they're all going to be wet at some point during the morning hours, especially the closer you get to san francisco and the north bay where we'll have a steader rain thr