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Ohsumi, a molecular biologist at the Tokyo Institute of Technology, won the basic-sciences prize for his work in the field of autophagy.

From Nature • Jun. 27, 2012

Sunyaev, director of the Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics in Garching, Germany, won the basic-sciences prize for his work on cosmic microwave background radiation.

From Nature • Jun. 29, 2011