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STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN - DECEMBER 10: Professor Takaaki Kajita, laureate of the Nobel Prize in Physics acknowledges applause after he received his Nobel Prize from King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden during the Nobel Prize Awards Ceremony at Concert Hall on December 10, 2015 in Stockholm, Sweden. (Photo by Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images)

STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN - DECEMBER 10:  Professor Takaaki Kajita, laureate of the Nobel Prize in Physics acknowledges applause after he received his Nobel Prize from King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden during the Nobel Prize Awards Ceremony at Concert Hall on December 10, 2015 in Stockholm, Sweden.  (Photo by Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images)