What Nobelists mean for US, Boston
Despite criticism, basic research often leads to breakthroughs
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THE BOSTON AREA is a hotbed of Nobelists. A number of prizewinners over the years have been on the faculties of local universities (e.g., at Harvard, MIT, and Boston University), and countless others have been educated locally or have passed through universities as faculty or postdocs on their way to fame elsewhere. Of the ten(...)