The Nobel Committee is fair

Betzig had the original idea in 1995 and then proved it experimentally in 2006, while Zhuang's experiment published in 2006 is most likely based on Betzig's idea. In science, the original idea is much more important than the experimental result. 

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• 奖励的是想法， 还是技术？ -JYYXHEN- ♀ (0 bytes) () 10/11/2014 postreply 14:08:46

• 技术 is based on 想法. 想法 is the No. 1 in science -BMC- ♂ (0 bytes) () 10/11/2014 postreply 14:12:16

• The original idea was published 1930 -hmo- ♂ (60 bytes) () 10/12/2014 postreply 08:16:51