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2005
Balzan
Prize in Mineral Physics |
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International Balzan Foundation has awarded
Russell J. Hemley and
Dave Mao of
the Geophysical Laboratory, Carnegie Institution of Washington
the
Balzan Prize for 2005 in Mineral Physics, "For the
impressive impact of their joint work leading to fundamental
breakthroughs, theoretical and experimental, in the field of
minerals submitted to extreme physical conditions. They have
operated as a highly effective team, characterized by twenty
years of research contributions at the highest level. They have
developed techniques which allow them to study the behaviour of
a wide range of materials, such as hydrogen, the most abundant
“mineral” in the universe. Their results have deep implications
for our understanding of nature." 
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Award ceremony
was held on Nov. 11, 2005 in the Swiss House of Parliament in
Berne, Switzerland, by the
Head of the Federal Department of Home Affairs
(Picture
from local newspaper)
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The Balzan Prize
is awarded to scientists, artists and institutions for
outstanding achievements in humanities, social sciences,
physics, mathematics, natural sciences and medicine. The fields
in this prize are rotated from year to year as determined by the
prize committee. The prizes in science this year were in
population biology and mineral physics. The winners must
dedicate half of the monetary prize (half a million Swiss
francs) to projects involving young researchers.
Prize winners and fields of award since 1961
Founders of the foundation
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