Published Date:
17 January 2007
A NOBEL Prize is more than a feather in the academic cap - it can add nearly two years to a winner's life.
Scientists at the University of Warwick studied 524 chemists and physicists who had won a Nobel Prize, or had been nominated, between 1901 and 1950.
Nominees were found to live an average of 75.8 years, but the 135 scientists who actually won a Nobel Prize survived 1.4 years longer.
For winners and nominees from the same country, the gap widened by another eight months.
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Last Updated:
16 January 2007 9:05 PM
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Source:
The Scotsman
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Location:
Edinburgh
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Related Topics:
Nobel prizes
