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A University of Virginia professor has won the Asian equivalent to the Nobel Prize for his research on energy, magnetism and black holes. The news came by e-mail, and John Hawley is still buzzing as Sandy Hausman reports.
UVA Astronomer Wins Major Prize in Astronomy
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