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Published online 4 May 2005 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news050502-4

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Kavli prizes step up to the Nobels

Million-dollar awards are set up for nanotechnology, neuroscience and astrophysics.

The pot of cash for science prizes has just got bigger. In an attempt to widen the fields covered by the classic Nobel prizes, philanthropist Fred Kavli has created three million-dollar prizes in nanotechnology, neuroscience and astrophysics.

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