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Element 113 (ununtrium) and 115 (ununpentium) --- 2004 discovery of Pallene 2004 discovery of Polydeuces --- 15 March 2004 Death of Sir John Anthony Pople 14 November 2004 Death of David Stanley Evans in Austin, Texas, USA 19 December 2004 Death Herbert Charles Brown 2004 Death of Mervyn Hine Nobel Prize Physics to David Jonathan Gross, Hugh David Politzer and Frank Wilczek for the discovery of asymptotic freedom in the theory of the strong interaction Chemistry to Aaron Ciechanover, Avram Hershko and Irwin A. Rose "for the discovery of ubiquitin-mediated protein degradation" Physiology or Medicine to Richard Axel and Linda B. Buck "for their discoveries of odorant receptors and the organization of the olfactory system" |
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