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Three U.S. scientists win Nobel Prize for uncovering inner workings of the biological clock

The 2017 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine was awarded to Jeffrey Hall, Michael Roshbash, and Michael Young for their discoveries of circadian rhythms.

The 2017 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine was awarded on Monday morning to Jeffrey Hall, Michael Rosbash, and Michael Young for their discoveries of the molecular underpinnings of the circadian rhythms that help organisms adapt to our 24-hour days.

The scientists “were able to peek inside our biological clock

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