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Migration and the Nobel prize: more than one quarter of physics laureates are immigrants

01 Oct 2021 Hamish Johnston
Nobel laureate global migration map
Laureate migration: the US has gained many talented physicists. The thickness of the lines is proportional to the number of laureates. (Courtesy: Paul Matson/IOP Publishing)
For me, one of the joys of working in physics is that it is a truly global affair. Many university p

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