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Exotic materials and pulsars win European prize Groups of scientists that have pioneered a new type of "left-handed" material with unusual electromagnetic properties and used astronomical bodies known as pulsars to study fundamental physics have won a share of this year's Descartes Prize from the European Union. The prize, worth €1m, has also been awarded for research on climate, social science, and disease management. A separate €250,000 prize has also been awarded to five outstanding communicators of science.
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