(CORRECTED)2 Japanese and 1 American share Nobel Prize in physic

(CORRECTED)2 Japanese and 1 American share Nobel Prize in physic

KYOTO, Japan, Oct. 7 Kyodo - Toshihide Masukawa, emeritus professor at Kyoto University, smiles during a press conference in Kyoto on Oct. 7 after he, along with Makoto Kobayashi and U.S. scientist Yoichiro Nambu, was awarded the Nobel Prize in physics for 2008. Masukawa won ''for the discovery of the origin of the broken symmetry which predicts the existence of at least three families of quarks in nature.'' (Kyodo)

(CORRECTED)2 Japanese and 1 American share Nobel Prize in physic

(CORRECTED)2 Japanese and 1 American share Nobel Prize in physic

KYOTO, Japan, Oct. 7 Kyodo - Toshihide Masukawa, emeritus professor at Kyoto University, speaks at a press conference in Kyoto on Oct. 7 after he, along with Makoto Kobayashi and U.S. scientist Yoichiro Nambu, was awarded the Nobel Prize in physics for 2008. Masukawa won ''for the discovery of the origin of the broken symmetry which predicts the existence of at least three families of quarks in nature.'' (Kyodo)

KIP THORNE

KIP THORNE

American Nobel Prize holder, physicist Kip Thorne gives lecture in UK Faculty of Mathematics and Physics in Prague, Czech Republic, May 15, 2019. (CTK Photo/Michal Kamaryt)

KIP THORNE

KIP THORNE

American Nobel Prize holder, physicist Kip Thorne gives lecture in UK Faculty of Mathematics and Physics in Prague, Czech Republic, May 15, 2019. (CTK Photo/Michal Kamaryt)

KIP THORNE

KIP THORNE

American Nobel Prize holder, physicist Kip Thorne gives lecture in UK Faculty of Mathematics and Physics in Prague, Czech Republic, May 15, 2019. (CTK Photo/Michal Kamaryt)

KIP THORNE

KIP THORNE

American Nobel Prize holder, physicist Kip Thorne gives lecture in UK Faculty of Mathematics and Physics in Prague, Czech Republic, May 15, 2019. (CTK Photo/Michal Kamaryt)

KIP THORNE

KIP THORNE

American Nobel Prize holder, physicist Kip Thorne gives lecture in UK Faculty of Mathematics and Physics in Prague, Czech Republic, May 15, 2019. (CTK Photo/Michal Kamaryt)

KIP THORNE

KIP THORNE

American Nobel Prize holder, physicist Kip Thorne gives lecture in UK Faculty of Mathematics and Physics in Prague, Czech Republic, May 15, 2019. (CTK Photo/Michal Kamaryt)

KIP THORNE

KIP THORNE

American Nobel Prize holder, physicist Kip Thorne gives lecture in UK Faculty of Mathematics and Physics in Prague, Czech Republic, May 15, 2019. (CTK Photo/Michal Kamaryt)

KIP THORNE

KIP THORNE

American Nobel Prize holder, physicist Kip Thorne gives lecture in UK Faculty of Mathematics and Physics in Prague, Czech Republic, May 15, 2019. (CTK Photo/Michal Kamaryt)

KIP THORNE

KIP THORNE

American Nobel Prize holder, physicist Kip Thorne gives lecture in UK Faculty of Mathematics and Physics in Prague, Czech Republic, May 15, 2019. (CTK Photo/Michal Kamaryt)