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Irène Joliot-Curie was born in 1897, six years before her parents Pierre and Marie Skłodowska Curie were awarded the physics prize. She inherited her parents' love of science and with her husband, Frédéric, she discovered the first-ever artificially created radioactive atoms.pic.twitter.com/ly5q4hYF6H

"Diversity is really important in science. First of all, I think that if you want to have the best scientific outcomes, you need a lot of different brains working on it." Chemistry laureate Jennifer Doudna on diversity in science, read the interview: https://bit.ly/2M82Chu pic.twitter.com/RmUZ1KEQac

Today we remember Kofi Annan, who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize alongside the @UN for his work for a better organised and more peaceful world. Read Annan's full Nobel Prize Lecture: https://bit.ly/2XoWfef pic.twitter.com/cm6smECjYW

Who inspires you? #NobelPrizepic.twitter.com/XX7UkRrFYv

#Onthisday in 2012 Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer Doudna published the discovery of the CRISPR/Cas9 genetic scissors. Their discovery can be used to make precise incisions in genetic material, making it possible to easily change DNA. Read the paper: https://bit.ly/3hoZTNs pic.twitter.com/Wnj3rWVViB

"Nothing speaks to us as forcefully as a book, which expects nothing in return, other than that we think and feel." Happy birthday to literature laureate Herta Müller, awarded the 2009 Nobel Prize in Literature. Discover more: http://bit.ly/2OSoIkL pic.twitter.com/m4Cut9AkJt

Remembering biochemist and virologist Wendell Stanley, born #OTD 117 years ago. Wendell Stanley studied the tobacco mosaic virus, which attacks the leaves of tobacco plants. In 1935, he was able to extract the virus in the form of pure crystals. #NobelPrizepic.twitter.com/wFQZSvPEiq

#Didyouknow that Physics Laureate Gabriel Lippmann introduced Marie Sklodowska to Pierre Curie? Gabriel Lippmann (born #OTD, 1845) was a pioneer in colour photography and supported Marie in her research. He introduced her to his collaborator in piezoelectricity, Pierre Curie.pic.twitter.com/Tu5l4dmdoC

Medicine laureate Tu Youyou discovered artemisinin – an anti-malarial that has saved the lives of millions of people worldwide. Tu not only found a way to extract artemisinin from a traditional Chinese medicine, she also tested the new drug on herself to speed up development.pic.twitter.com/KxkgbY7nP4

#OTD 15 August 1955 Charles Townes (left), James Gordon (right) and H. J. Zeiger published 'The Maser—New Type of Microwave Amplifier, Frequency Standard, and Spectrometermaser'. Their device was the forerunner to the laser. Townes went onto receive a #NobelPrize for his role.pic.twitter.com/lYaRyZYLEC

Gerty Cori, born #OTD, was the first woman to be awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. She and her husband uncovered the process of cellular energy storage and release, answering one of the most fundamental questions about how the human body works.pic.twitter.com/TI7GgVdkOX

"Jana Gana Mana" (Bengali: [ɟənə gəɳə mənə]) is the national anthem of India, originally composed in Bengali by poet Rabindranath Tagore, who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1913. Pictured: An English translation of Jana Gana Mana by Tagorepic.twitter.com/SDn96zNdov

Gertrude Elion's grandfather meant a great deal to her. When he died of cancer, she decided to find a cure for the horrible disease. She developed medicines that saved many lives. Elion saved all the letters she received from grateful patients. #NobelPrizepic.twitter.com/gtuR7W6LF2

"Scientific endeavours with their positive and negative aspects are an integral part of humanity." Remembering Richard Ernst, born #OTD in 1933, who received the 1991 chemistry prize for contributions to the development of high resolution nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy.pic.twitter.com/nAuJt4yCOI

Then and now: medicine laureate Tu Youyou After contracting tuberculosis at 16, Tu decided to study medicine and find cures for diseases like the one that had afflicted her. Tu found a new way to treat malaria with the active ingredient, artemisinin, saving millions of lives.pic.twitter.com/f7VrirCv8U

Albert Lutuli (middle bottom row) was awarded the 1960 #NobelPeacePrize for leading a nonviolent campaign for civil rights in South Africa. His prize is regarded as the first human rights prize in the Nobel Prize's history - do you recognise the other human rights campaigners?pic.twitter.com/ssAFmksSo9

Salvador Luria, born #OTD in 1912, was awarded the 1969 medicine prize. Together with Max Delbrück, Luria demonstrated that bacterial resistance to phage infection occurred through genetic mutation, and that bacteria were suitable subjects for genetics research.pic.twitter.com/oBeL1yWsvr

Frederick Sanger, born #onthisday in 1918, is one of only six laureates to have received the #NobelPrize more than once and the only person to have received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry twice.pic.twitter.com/3MLGQEaA8y

On International #YouthDay we remember these wise words from peace laureate Willy Brandt. Brandt was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1971 "for paving the way for a meaningful dialogue between East and West." #NobelPrizepic.twitter.com/deIGZB4TDF

Is this one of the most famous equations in physics? The Schrödinger equation is a cornerstone of quantum physics - the analogue of Newton's second law for quantum mechanics. Its derivation led to Schrödinger, born on this day in 1887, receiving the 1933 Nobel Prize in Physics.pic.twitter.com/F2AQEhCAuc