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Interdisciplinary Research of Physics in Biological Field Leads the Nobel Prize 2018

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The Nobel Prize in Physics 2018 was awarded jointly to Arthur Ashkin, Gérard Mourou and Donna Strickland for giving new beam of light in the field of laser physics. Unravelling new mechanical properties of biological molecule has made an interdisciplinary approach with physics creating significant insight into solving devil diseases.

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Authors are thankful to UGC-Center of Advanced Study, Department of Botany, The University of Burdwan for pursuing research activities. BD, SS and KM acknowledge their fellowship support from DST PURSE PHASE II, SVMCM and UGC CSIR JRF NET accordingly.

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  1. Department of Botany, UGC-Center of Advanced Study, The University of Burdwan, Golapbag, Bardhaman, West Bengal, 713104, India

    Bhramar Dutta, Shrabana Sarkar, Krishnendu Majhi & Rajib Bandopadhyay

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Dutta, B., Sarkar, S., Majhi, K. et al. Interdisciplinary Research of Physics in Biological Field Leads the Nobel Prize 2018. Natl. Acad. Sci. Lett. 44, 181–183 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40009-020-00980-6

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